sententious
adjective
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 adjective
abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation
Related & opposite
- pretentious similar to
Sense 2 adjective
concise and full of meaning
welcomed her pithy comments
Related & opposite
- essence derivation
- conciseness derivation
- concise similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | similar to | Related & opposite | pretentious |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | essence |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | conciseness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | concise |