| ADJECTIVE | all | grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall | lofty in style |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous | puffed up with vanity |
| Sounds | graendih'lahkwahnt | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | lofty in style. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | magniloquent, tall | |
| Broader | rhetorical | Given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought |
| Spanish | grandilocuente, grandílocuo | |
| Nouns | grandiloquence | high-flown style |
| Adverbs | grandiloquently | in a rhetorically grandiloquent manner |
| Meaning | Puffed up with vanity. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a grandiloquent and boastful manner" | |
| Synonyms | overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous | |
| Broader | pretentious | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction |
| Spanish | altisonante, ampuloso, campanudo, grandilocuente, grandílocuo, hinchado, pomposo | |
| Catalan | altiloqüent, altisonant, ampul·lós, campanut, grandil·loqüent, inflat, pompós | |
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