His sententious remarks quickly bored the audience.
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Sententious
/sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs/
Synonyms for "sententious" (165 found)
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Closest matches (33)
Strong matches (50)
definabledenotationaldenotativedidacticdirectivedockedelevatedellipticellipticaleloquentepigrammaticeuphuisticexhortativeexhortatoryexpostulativeexpostulatoryexpressiveextendedextensionalfacund
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figurativeflamboyantflamingflashyflauntingformulaicformulisticfull of meaningfull of pointfull of substancefulsomegarishgaudygnomicgongoresquegrandiloquentgrandiosegrandisonanthigh flownhigh flyinghigh soundinghigh-flowinghigh-flownhigh-flyinghigh-soundinghighfalutinhortativehortatoryindicative
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (82)
inkhorninstructiveintelligibleintensionalinterpretablejohnsonianlabyrinthinelaconiclexiphanicloftyluridmagniloquentmeaningmeaningfulmeatymeretriciousmetaphoricalmonitorialmonitorymoralistic
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movingorotundostentatiousoverdoneoverelaborateoverinvolvedoverwroughtpedanticpiquantpithyplatitudinouspointedpompouspreachypregnantpretentiousproverbialprunedpungentreadablerecommendatoryreferentialremonstrantremonstrativeremonstratoryreservedrhetoricalrichsensationalsensationalisticshortshort and sweetshortenedshowysignificantsignificativesonorousspartanstiltedsubstantialsuccinctsuggestivesummarysymbolicsymbolicalsynopsizedtaciturntalltersetightto the pointtortuoustransferredtruncatedwarning
Adjective(7 words)
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More general
4 entriesdidactic languagemoralizing rhetoricperformative rhetoricrhetorical style
More specific
4 entriesmoral maximpithy aphorismpompous remarksanctimonious sermon
Collocations
6 entriessententious aphorismsententious mannersententious remarksententious rhetoricsententious stylesententious tone
Inflections
2 entriesmore sententiousmost sententious
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
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