sententious

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
2. Tending to use aphorisms or maxims; especially, to such an extent as to engage in trite moralizing, even self-righteously so.
3. (obsolete) Full of meaning.

Sinonieme

concise

laconic

pithy

terse

brief

curt

grandiloquent

drab

dull

epigrammatic

flamboyant

handsome

heavy

hifalutin

high-flown

humdrum

magniloquent

material

medullary

notable

orotund

outstanding

pompous

pontifical

preachy

prolix

purple

sealed

semantic

serried

short

significant

succinct

summary

telegraphic

tight

tight-knit

tightlipped

tumid

turgid

uninteresting

aphoristic

tightly knit

bombastic

close

compact

considerable

conspicuous

dense

Vertalings

sentencieux

laconique

sentenzioso

sentencioso

manalı

tumturaklı

sententiosus

concis

succint

sentencioso

πληκτικός

moralistisch

σύντομος

αποφθεγματικός

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Latin sententiōsus, from sententia (“opinion, purpose”).