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- pronunciation:
- graen
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kwnt
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition: |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion.
The principal was particularly grandiloquent in his address to the assembly today, and I noticed even a few faculty members rolling their eyes.- antonyms:
- understated, well-spoken
- similar words:
- ornate, orotund
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| related words: |
pompous, superlative |
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| derivation: |
grandiloquently (adv.) |
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