grandiloquent

• Qualifie un langage ou un style qui est pompeux, excessivement ampoulé ou affecté, souvent avec une emphase démesurée et une prétention à l'éloquence.

Describes language or style that is pompous, extravagant, or overly elaborate.

1. Pompous or extravagant in languageC2formal

   Using high-flown, bombastic, or overly elaborate language to impress others.

   grandiloquent

   • His grandiloquent speech failed to convince the audience.
   • The politician's grandiloquent promises were met with skepticism.
   • She found his grandiloquent writing style pretentious and hard to follow.

   Synonymesbombasticfloridfloweryhigh-flownmagniloquentornateoverblownpompouspretentiousrhetoricalturgid

   Antonymesdirecthomespunnaturalplainspokenrestrainedsimpleunaffectedunpretentious