| grandiloquent | | |
| adj. | 1. grandiloquent, magniloquent, tall | lofty in style.; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying" |
| ~ rhetorical | given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought.; "mere rhetorical frippery" |
| adj. | 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" |
| ~ pretentious | making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction.; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition" |
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