Rhetorical synonyms
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- (Archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
- High-sounding but with little meaning.
- (Of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
Vividly expressive
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- Vividly expressive
- Having, or characterized by, eloquence; fluent, forceful, and persuasive
- Capable of or characterized by eloquence:
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Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.
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- Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.
- Marked by passion or pomposity; bombastic
- Pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic.
Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical
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- Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical
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
Of, or characterized by, declaiming
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- Of, or characterized by, declaiming
- Marked by passion or pomposity; bombastic
- Pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic.
Full of ornate or grandiloquent expressions; highly embellished:
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- Full of ornate or grandiloquent expressions; highly embellished:
- Covered or decorated with flowers
- 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 or as if 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
Pretentiously impressive; pompous:
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- Pretentiously impressive; pompous:
- Sounding pretentious or impressive
- Oratorial or even contrived sounding.
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:
Past the stage of full bloom:
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- Past the stage of full bloom:
- Full of empty or pretentious language; bombastic:
- Pompous or bombastic
Produced in the manner of a sonorant.
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- Produced in the manner of a sonorant.
- Having a powerful, impressive sound; high-sounding
- Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound.
- Distended
- Expanded by or as if by internal pressure; distended:
- Overblown; bombastic:
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