inflated, pompous, or bombastic in style or expression
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gran•dil•o•quent
(gran dil′ə kwənt),USA pronunciation adj.
gran•dil′o•quent•ly, adv.
- speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandiloqu(ence) + -ent 1585–95
- turgid, inflated, rhetorical, pretentious.
- simple, sincere.
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gran•dil•o•quence /grænˈdɪləkwəns/USA pronunciation
n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- speech that is overly obscure, lofty, or pompous in tone.
gran•dil•o•quence
(gran dil′ə kwəns),USA pronunciation n.
- speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- Latin grandiloqu(us) speaking loftily (grandi(s) great + -loquus speaking) + -ence
- 1580–90
'grandiloquent' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ossianic
- bombast
- bombastic
- figurative
- florid
- heroic
- high-flown
- magniloquent
- perorate
- rotund
- sonorous
- tall