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grandiloquent
Overview of adj grandiloquent
The adj grandiloquent has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall -- (lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying")
2. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous -- (puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek)
Antonyms of adj grandiloquent
2 senses of grandiloquent
Sense 1
grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall
INDIRECT (VIA rhetorical) -> unrhetorical
Sense 2
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
INDIRECT (VIA pretentious) -> unpretentious
Similarity of adj grandiloquent
2 senses of grandiloquent
Sense 1
grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall
=> rhetorical (vs. unrhetorical)
Sense 2
grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous
=> pretentious (vs. unpretentious)
Pertainyms of adj grandiloquent
Attributes of adj grandiloquent
Domain of adj grandiloquent
Domain Terms of adj grandiloquent
Familiarity of adj grandiloquent
grandiloquent used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count =2)
Grep of adj grandiloquent
grandiloquent
Grep of adv grandiloquent
grandiloquently
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