Grandiloquences

Synonyms for "grandiloquences" (112 found)

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Noun(7 words)

grandiosity magniloquence fustian bombast bravura declamations effusiveness

affectation aggrandizement amplification ballyhoobig talkblowing upbluster burlesque caricaturecommand of languageconvolution dilatation dilation enhancement enlargement exaggerating

Strong matches (33)

exaggeration excess exorbitance expansionexpression of ideasextravagance extreme fashionfeeling for wordsflatulenceform of speechgaudinessgrace of expressionhard wordheightening huckstering hyperbole hyperbolism inflation inordinacy

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jawbreaker lexiphanicismliterary stylelong wordmagnification mannermanner of speakingmannerism

Noun(5 words)

floriditygrandiose styleinflated dictionjargon macrologies

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modemode of expressionoratory orotundity ostentation overemphasis overestimation overkill overstatement peculiaritypersonal stylepolysyllable pomposity pompousness pontificality pontification pretension prodigality profuseness puffery

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puffing upraving rhetoric self-importance sensationalismsense of languagesesquipedalian strain stretching stuffiness stylestylistic analysisstylistics superlativetall talkthe grand stylethe plain stylethe sublimetouting travesty trick turgidity vein verbosity way

Adjective(1 words)

ornate diction

Noun(10 words)

ornate rhetoricornateness peroration perorations profusion rhetoric superfluity tumidness turgidness verbiage

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