Sententious

/sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs/

Synonyms for "sententious" (165 found)

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Closest matches (33)

Strong matches (50)

Related words (82)

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

4 entries
didactic languagemoralizing rhetoricperformative rhetoricrhetorical style

More specific

4 entries
moral maximpithy aphorismpompous remarksanctimonious sermon

Collocations

6 entries
sententious aphorismsententious mannersententious remarksententious rhetoricsententious stylesententious tone

Inflections

2 entries
more sententiousmost sententious

Derivations

2 entries

similar

2 entries

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

His sententious remarks quickly bored the audience.

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