magniloquent
Lofty in speech
Magniloquent describes speech or writing that is lofty, grandiose, or pompous—using elevated language to impressive or excessive effect.
The word carries a whiff of criticism, suggesting the speaker values sounding important over being clear: The senator's magniloquent address impressed no one who'd read the actual bill.
A close relative of grandiloquent.
Excessively inflated language
- floridExcessively ornate or ruddy
- orotundBombastically resonant in speech
- turgidSwollen or pompous
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
highfalutin · pretentious · ostentatious · overblown · sonorous · declamatory · grandiose · extravagant
Formal eloquent discourse
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
- speechifyingDelivering pompous addresses
- grandstandingPerforming to impress onlookers
rhetoric · persuasion · discourse · demagoguery · sophistry · polemic · peroration · harangue
Overly elaborate, emotional writing
- euphuismAffected elegant style
- CiceronianLike Rome's greatest speaker
- periodic sentenceSentence delaying completion
- hyperboleRhetorical extreme exaggeration
amplification · embellishment · verbosity · prolixity · circumlocution · pleonasm · redundancy · tautology
bombastic
Excessively inflated language
purple · highfalutin · pretentious · ostentatious · overblown · sonorous · declamatory · grandiose · extravagant · ornate
oratory
Formal eloquent discourse
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
- speechifyingDelivering pompous addresses
grandstanding · rhetoric · persuasion · discourse · demagoguery · sophistry · polemic · peroration · harangue · tirade
purple prose
Overly elaborate, emotional writing
- euphuismAffected elegant style
- CiceronianLike Rome's greatest speaker
- periodic sentenceSentence delaying completion
hyperbole · amplification · embellishment · verbosity · prolixity · circumlocution · pleonasm · redundancy · tautology
magniloquentplain-spoken
Speaking without ornament
simple · terse · laconic · succinct · straightforward
magniloquentunaffected
Not changed or influenced
unpretentious · humble · modest · self-effacing · down-to-earth