Antonyms for grandiloquent
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : gran-dil-uh-kwuhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : grænˈdɪl ə kwənt |
Definition of grandiloquent
Origin :- 1590s, probably a back-formation from grandiloquence. Related: Grandiloquently.
- adj pretentious, flowery (communication)
- Why I have known the weather in this grandiloquent condition for a whole day.
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- "That was quite true, dad," he remarked with a grandiloquent air.
- Extract from : « The New Tenant » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- This grandiloquent decree destroyed the effect of the armament.
- Extract from : « The Political History of England - Vol. X. » by William Hunt
- The tone with which he addressed me was deliberate and grandiloquent.
- Extract from : « Tenting on the Plains » by Elizabeth B. Custer
- These grandiloquent harangues of mercy and advice disgust me.
- Extract from : « In the Name of Liberty » by Owen Johnson
- They all have about a dozen names in the grandiloquent style of the Spaniards.
- Extract from : « Music-Study in Germany » by Amy Fay
- The Cubans have a taste for prodigality in grandiloquent or pretty names.
- Extract from : « To Cuba and Back » by Richard Henry Dana
- He entered with a grandiloquent bow and surveyed the place curiously.
- Extract from : « The Sins of the Father » by Thomas Dixon
- I do not think that even at that age I would have been so grandiloquent but for my alarm.
- Extract from : « Reveries over Childhood and Youth » by William Butler Yeats
- I saw the chance for fun and for putting on their own grandiloquent style.
- Extract from : « Strange True Stories of Louisiana » by George Washington Cable
Synonyms for grandiloquent
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