grandiloquent
1. lofty in style - he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying • Syn: magniloquent, tall • Similar to: rhetorical • Derivationally related forms: magniloquence (for: magniloquent), grandiloquence 2. puffed up with vanity - a grandiloquent and boastful manner - overblown oratory - a pompous speech - "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek • Syn: overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous • Similar to: pretentious • Derivationally related forms: pomp (for: pompous), pomposity (for: pompous), pompousness (for: pompous)
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