Sententious Synonyms

sĕn-tĕnshəs
Pompous
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. bombastic
  2. pretentious
  3. turgid
  4. fustian
  5. showy

Words Related to Sententious

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Sententious Sentence Examples

  • In the next year followed the Considerations sur les richesses et le luxe, combating the opinions of Necker; and in 1788 the more valuable Considerations sur l'esprit et les mceurs, a book which abounds in sententious, but often excessively frank, sayings.

  • An increase of sententious imperative clauses is also to be noted.

  • At the Restoration, pulpit oratory in England became drier, less picturesque and more sententious.

  • Music he disregarded, and all poetry that was more than sententious prose.