grandiloquent
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
lofty in style
he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying
Related & opposite
- ornateness derivation
- rhetorical similar to
Sense 2 adjective
puffed up with vanity
a grandiloquent and boastful manner
Related & opposite
- pretentiousness derivation
- pomp derivation
- pretentious similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ornateness |
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | rhetorical |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pretentiousness |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pomp |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | pretentious |