magniloquent

• Adjectif décrivant une parole ou un écrit qui est pompeux, emphatique ou grandiloquent dans le style.

An adjective describing speech or writing that is lofty, grandiose, or pompous in style.

1. Lofty in styleC2formal

   Using or characterized by a high-flown, grand, or pompous style of speech or writing.

   Style élevé ou pompeux

   • The politician's magniloquent speech failed to impress the weary audience.
   • His magniloquent prose was full of elaborate metaphors and obscure references.
   • She dismissed his magniloquent promises as empty rhetoric.

   Synonymesbombasticdeclamatoryflowerygrandiloquenthigh-flownhigh-soundingorotundoverblownpompouspretentiousturgid

   Antonymeshumblemodestplainrestrainedsimpleunpretentious