grandiloquent
IPA: grændˈɪɫʌkwʌnt
adjective
- (of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.
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Examples of "grandiloquent" in Sentences
- Please show me where I was “insincere” or used “grandiloquent language” in #7.
- Indeed, judged by Anglo-Saxon habit, they would be termed grandiloquent and verbose.
- The study also faults America for relying on "grandiloquent" rhetoric rather than careful diplomacy to build support for its missions.
- Although the term “rhetoric” has several meanings, most of which are positive, am I right in assuming you are attaching this meaning to it: insincere or grandiloquent language?
- Overview: For his most popular book, Tom Brokaw coined the grandiloquent term ‘The Greatest Generation’ for the Americans who fought and triumphed in the crucible of World War II.
- By the end of my visit I would have been happy to see photographs of kittens or even some grandiloquent paintings by Julian Schnabel, anything not so proud of being self-referential and small time.
- One thing you notice is that the smaller and crappier a country is, the more soaring and grandiloquent is the music of its anthem, even where the lyrics don't say a lot because the country doesn't have much to brag about inasmuch as it has a turnip-based economy.
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