grandiloquent

Meaning

Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.

Synonyms

magniloquent

pompous

bombastic

tall

overblown

pontifical

portentous

boastful

sententious

high-flown

turgid

highfalutin

orotund

ostentatious

pretentious

purple

sounding

swelling

tumid

uppity

blue-sky

bullying

big

altisonant

bombast

expansive

flamboyant

grandiose

haughty

hifalutin

highbrow

highfaluting

high-sounding

hoity-toity

large

Translations

grandilocuente

grandiloquent

magniloquente

hochtrabend

grandílocuo

pompeux

pomposo

altisonant

prunkvoll

πομπώδης

emphatique

inflat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/

Etymology

From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“I speak”). Compare eloquent.