Synonyms for declamatory

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-klam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈklæm əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i

Définition of declamatory

Origin : 1580s, from Latin declamatorius "pertaining to the practice of speaking," from declamatus, past participle of declamare (see declaim).

adj eloquent
adj pompous

Example sentences :

Presently his humour changed, and he passed into the declamatory stage.
Extract from : « Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) » by William Delisle Hay

He does not move us by declamatory gestures and forced attitudes.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 » by Various

But declamation was not essential to his success, which was to be achieved in anything but a declamatory fashion.
Extract from : « The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne, Appendix to Volume XII: Tales, Sketches, and other Papers by Nathaniel Hawthorne with a Biographical Sketch by George Parsons Lathrop » by George Parsons Lathrop

“You are greatly mistaken,” said Lucilia in a declamatory tone.
Extract from : « Quintus Claudius, Volume 1 of 2 » by Ernst Eckstein

His letters to the "Hereditary bondsmen" were diffuse and declamatory.
Extract from : « Bits of Blarney » by R. Shelton Mackenzie

The acting was heavy and stilted, I thought, and declamatory.
Extract from : « The Ship Dwellers » by Albert Bigelow Paine

There never was a collection of more glaring contradictions, more gaudy sophisms, than the youthful orator's declamatory harangue.
Extract from : « Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) » by Lady Anne Hamilton

They were not pretty, not declamatory; but noble, grand, strong.
Extract from : « Biography of Rev. Hosea Ballou » by Maturin M. Ballou

In the first place, action must never be declamatory or oratoric.
Extract from : « Browning and the Dramatic Monologue » by S. S. Curry

And, at the same time, it was no recitative, for it was not declamatory.
Extract from : « A Voyage to Arcturus » by David Lindsay

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