sententious

• Beschreibt eine Person oder eine Äußerung, die in salbungsvoller, selbstgefälliger oder moralisierender Weise belehrt. Oft abwertend für übertrieben moralisierende oder sentenziöse Rede.

Describes a person or statement that is given to moralizing in a pompous or self-righteous manner.

1. Pompously moralizingC2formal

   Given to making moral statements in a self-righteous or pompous way.

   Moralisierend

   • His sententious remarks annoyed the audience.
   • She delivered a sententious lecture on the dangers of modern life.
   • The politician's sententious tone made him seem out of touch.

   Synonymeholier-than-thoumoralisticmoralizingpreachysanctimoniousself-righteous

   Antonymehumblemodestquietreservedrestrainedreticenttaciturnunassuming

2. Concise and meaningfulC2formal

   Expressing much in few words; pithy and full of meaning.

   Prägnant und bedeutungsvoll

   • The proverb is a sententious piece of wisdom.
   • His sententious style of writing is admired by scholars.
   • She offered a sententious summary of the complex theory.

   Synonymeaphoristicbriefcompactepigrammaticgnomiclaconicpithysuccinctterse

   Antonymediffuselong-windedprolixramblingverbosewordy