speechified
Delivered long monologue
Speechified is the past tense of speechify, meaning to deliver speeches in a pompous or long-winded manner.
The word carries a mocking tone, suggesting the speaker is self-important or tedious: He speechified for an hour about fiscal responsibility while the audience checked their phones.
Spoke rhetorically aloud
- oratedGave a formal address
- proclaimedDeclared in public
- pronouncedSpoken aloud formally
- enunciatedSpoke with clear pronunciation
intoned · projected · addressed · sermonized · pontificated · lectured · expounded · held forth
Excessively inflated language
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- orotundBombastically resonant in speech
turgid · highfalutin · overblown · inflated · verbose · windy · bloviating · self-important
Art of persuasive language
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
- orationFormal public speech
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
exhortation · discourse · address · sermon · homily · lecture · monologue · soliloquy
Elaborately ornamental in style
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- ornateElaborately decorated
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- overwroughtExcessively emotional or elaborate
elaborate · embellished · fulsome · effusive · aureate · rococo · flamboyant · theatrical
declaimed
Spoke rhetorically aloud
- oratedGave a formal address
- proclaimedDeclared in public
- pronouncedSpoken aloud formally
enunciated · intoned · projected · addressed · sermonized · pontificated · lectured · expounded · held forth · droned
bombastic
Excessively inflated language
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
orotund · turgid · highfalutin · overblown · inflated · verbose · windy · bloviating · self-important · pontificating
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
- eloquencePersuasive verbal grace
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
- orationFormal public speech
harangue · exhortation · discourse · address · sermon · homily · lecture · monologue · soliloquy · diatribe
flowery
Elaborately ornamental in style
- purpleHue between crimson and azure
- ornateElaborately decorated
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
overwrought · elaborate · embellished · fulsome · effusive · aureate · rococo · flamboyant · theatrical · melodramatic