Oratorical - English meaning

adjective

High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.

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Bombastic rhetoric

adjective

Vehement or impassioned in expression.

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A long declamatory speech

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Expressing something with strong feeling, especially in a loud voice or with forceful language

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A declamatory style

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Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.

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It was rather extravagant to buy both

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More expensive than is necessary or reasonable, or having the characteristics of being expensive

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Company executives enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle., top athletes are showered with extravagant gi…

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Spending or costing a lot of money

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Severe cuts in public spending mean that demands for extravagant pay rises are no longer realistic.…

adjective

Having a red or flushed complexion.

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A stout man with a florid face

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Too red, esp. in a way that is unhealthy

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A florid complexion, a florid architectural style, florid prose/speech

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Covered with flowers or having a floral design.

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A flowery meadow

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Covered with pictures of flowers

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A flowery blouse

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Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress.

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A grandiloquent celebration of spanish glory

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A grandiloquent style or way of using language is complicated in order to attract admiration and attention, especially in order to make someone or something seem important

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Her speech was full of grandiloquent language, but it contained no new ideas.

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Impressive and imposing in appearance or style, especially pretentiously so.

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The court's grandiose facade

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Very large or wonderful, or intended to seem great and important

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Grandiose buildings, grandiose plans

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High-flown language, ideas, or behaviour is meant to make you admire someone.

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Of imposing height.

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The elegant square was shaded by lofty palms

adjective

High

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Lofty mountains, lofty sentiments

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Using high-flown or bombastic language.

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I had no idea ‘if you will ‘was supposed to be a magniloquent term in the 2000s, according to flemi…

adjective

A magniloquent style or way of using language is complicated, especially in order to make someone or something seem intelligent or important.

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The reporters ridiculed her magniloquent speeches., good writing is never very good if it is magnil…

adjective

A magniloquent style or way of using language is complicated, especially in order to make someone or something seem intelligent or important.

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The reporters ridiculed her magniloquent speeches., good writing is never very good if it is magnil…

adjective

(of a person's voice) resonant and imposing.

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Watson's orotund voice is complemented by swooning strings, lush orchestration and gloriously cheer…

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Made to seem more impressive or important than is the case; exaggerated or pretentious.

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His most rhetorically overblown screenplay

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Made to seem more important or bigger than what is really true

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As for the wage gap, davis says it's overblown.

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Too ripe; past its best.

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Overripe tomatoes

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Too ripe and starting to decay

adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

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A pompous ass who pretends he knows everything

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Feeling or showing that you think you are better or more important than other people

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I regarded him as somewhat pompous and opinionated., the pomposity of new york society

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Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

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Pretentious art films

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Trying to give the appearance of great importance, esp. in a way that is obvious

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Pretentious restaurants, pretentious, silly poetry

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Relating to or concerned with the art of rhetoric.

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Repetition is a common rhetorical device

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Rhetorical speech or writing is intended to seem important or influence people

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Repetition, that tedious rhetorical device

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(of a person's voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full.

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He read aloud with a sonorous and musical voice

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Having a deep, pleasant sound

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A sonorous voice

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Swollen and distended or congested.

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A turgid and fast-moving river

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(of speech or writing) too serious and very boring

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Turgid prose, turgid rain clouds