Magniloquence - English meaning

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A way of talking in which you praise yourself and what you have done

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He speaks with honesty rather than boastfulness., there is a fine line between admirable pride and …

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High-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people.

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The bombast of gung-ho militarism

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A forceful and confident style that is intended to be very powerful and impressive, but may not have much real meaning or effect

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She expressed loathing for the dictator's propaganda and bombast., as a composer he knew that a fil…

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Boastful or arrogant behaviour.

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With all the flashy braggadocio behaviour and senseless acts of violence, believe it or not, there'…

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Great confidence that someone expresses in their own abilities and qualities

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For all his braggadocio, he must have had moments of doubt.

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Thick, hard-wearing twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colours.

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The coarse fustian of prison clothing

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A thick, rough cotton cloth that lasts for a long time

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About 1577, a certain type of fustian became popular in the city of genoa., it was no hardship to c…

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A style or manner of speaking that uses complicated language in order to attract admiration and attention, especially in order to make someone or something seem important

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His grandiloquence was a powerful weapon that he used to overcome rivals and enemies., he has not l…

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The quality of being impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so.

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It had a grandiosity of scale and opulence that set it apart from neighbouring cities

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The quality of being very serious and important, or morally good

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We must appreciate the loftiness and nobleness of the task which he set for himself., his refusal t…

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The quality of being pompous; self-importance.

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His reputation for arrogance and pomposity

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The quality of being too serious and showing that you think you are very important

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His pomposity and arrogance became clear in the interview.

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The quality of being too serious and showing that you think you are very important

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His pomposity and arrogance became clear in the interview.

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A claim or assertion of a claim to something.

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His pretensions to the imperial inheritance

verb

Apply tension to (an object) during manufacture or prior to some other process.

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The safety system pretensions the seat belts

noun

The appearance of being more important or more serious than there is reason for

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[ u ] leonard’s paintings have a real freedom from pretension., [ c usually pl ] he has no pretensi…

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The quality of trying to make yourself appear or sound more important or clever than you are

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I couldn't believe the pretentiousness of the book., her writing tends towards abstraction and pret…

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The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing, especially the exploitation of figures of speech and other compositional techniques.

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He is using a common figure of rhetoric, hyperbole

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The fact of being boring and too serious

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The prose occasionally lapses into turgidity., reviews in this journal often comment on the turgidi…