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(Obs.) Extravagant; prodigal
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- (Obs.) Extravagant; prodigal
- Being beyond what is required or sufficient.
- Being more than is needed, useful, or wanted; surplus; excessive
Characterized by excess; being too much or too great; immoderate; inordinate
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- Characterized by excess; being too much or too great; immoderate; inordinate
- Exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit.
Plentiful; copious.
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- Plentiful; copious.
- Giving or given freely and abundantly; extravagant:
- Giving or pouring forth freely; generous, often to excess
Of or like flowers
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- Of or like flowers
- Of a speech or piece of writing: too complicated; elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; bombastic; verbose.
- Full of figurative and ornate expressions and fine words
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Inflated and pompous in style.
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- Inflated and pompous in style.
- Splendid or brilliant, often affectedly so
- Of a golden color; gilded.
High-sounding but with little meaning.
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- High-sounding but with little meaning.
- (Archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
- (Of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.
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- Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.
- Marked by passion or pomposity; bombastic
- Pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic.
Covered or decorated with flowers
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- Covered or decorated with flowers
- Full of ornate or grandiloquent expressions; highly embellished:
- Of a speech or piece of writing: too complicated; elaborate; with grandiloquent expressions; bombastic; verbose.
Pompous and pretentious
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- Pompous and pretentious
- Made of fustian
- Pompous, bombastic, and ranting:
Using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions
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- Using high-flown, pompous, bombastic words and expressions
Extravagantly ambitious or aspiring
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- Extravagantly ambitious or aspiring
- Highly pretentious or inflated:
- High-sounding but meaningless; bombastic
Sounding pretentious or impressive
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- Sounding pretentious or impressive
- Oratorial or even contrived sounding.
- Pretentiously impressive; pompous:
Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.
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- Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.
- Lofty, pompous, or grandiose in speech or style of expression
- Boastful or bombastic
Bombastic or pompous
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- Bombastic or pompous
- Clear, strong, and deep; resonant
- Full in sound; sonorous:
Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.
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- Characterized by overelaborate or bombastic rhetoric.
- Using or characterized by mere rhetoric, or artificial eloquence; showy and elaborate in style
- Used for persuasive effect:
Produced in the manner of a sonorant.
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- Produced in the manner of a sonorant.
- Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
- Having a powerful, impressive sound; high-sounding
Increased in volume or size, as from inner pressure; blown up; distended; bulging
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- Increased in volume or size, as from inner pressure; blown up; distended; bulging
- Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:
- Overblown; bombastic:
Of or having gas in the stomach or intestines
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- Of or having gas in the stomach or intestines
- Producing gas in the stomach or intestines, as certain foods
- Windy or empty in speech; pompous; pretentious
Higher that the true figure
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- Higher that the true figure
- Unduly enlarged or aggrandized; swollen:
- Hollow and enlarged:
Somewhat tumid.
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- Somewhat tumid.
- Becoming swollen; swelling.
Swollen; bulging
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- Swollen; bulging
- Swollen; distended. Used of a body part or organ.
- Inflated or pompous
Swollen; distended
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- Swollen; distended
- Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent:
- Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated:
Characterized by or abounding in wind:
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- Characterized by or abounding in wind:
- Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability:
- Lacking substance; empty:
Having an abundance or excess of flesh or fat.
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- Having an abundance or excess of flesh or fat.
- Fat and fleshy; stout; obese
Prosperous; wealthy:
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- Prosperous; wealthy:
- Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding:
- Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked:
Characteristic of fat; greasy.
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- Characteristic of fat; greasy.
- Resembling fat; greasy; oily
- Containing or composed of fat:
Having a juicy or pulpy texture:
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- Having a juicy or pulpy texture:
- Having much flesh; fat; plump
- Relating to, consisting of, or resembling flesh:
Overweight; corpulent:
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- Overweight; corpulent:
- On a large scale; not fine or detailed:
- Big or fat and coarse-looking; corpulent; obese
Having excessive body weight caused by the accumulation of fat; extremely fat.
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- Having excessive body weight caused by the accumulation of fat; extremely fat.
- Very fat; stout; corpulent
Above the normal, desirable, or allowed weight
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- Above the normal, desirable, or allowed weight
- (Finance) Holding or containing relatively more of a specified asset, security, etc., as in relation to some benchmark
- Weighing more than is normal, necessary, or allowed, especially having more body weight than is considered normal or healthy for one's age or build.
Of or resembling swine or a pig:
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- Of or resembling swine or a pig:
- Relating to or resembling pigs.
- Of or like pigs or hogs
Large and heavy in a dignified and stately way
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- Large and heavy in a dignified and stately way
- Stout; corpulent
- Having a round, stout body.
Strong in body; sturdy
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- Strong in body; sturdy
- Thick or strong in structure or substance; solid or substantial:
- Fat; thickset; corpulent
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