magniloquent

Meaning

Using pompous speech; speaking with deliberately long or esoteric words.

Synonyms

grandiloquent

bombastic

tall

grandiose

inflated

orotund

overstated

overblown

pompous

enlarged

exaggerated

turgid

splurging

stilted

tumid

windy

bloated

bombastical

bombast

consequential

declamatory

flamboyant

hifalutin

highfaluting

high-flown

melodramatic

pontifical

purple

sententious

Translations

deklamatorisch

geschwollen

hochtrabend

schwülstig

bombastisch

μεγαλορρήμων

μεγαλορρήμωνας

πομπώδης

στομφώδης

haut

ronflant

ampoulé

ampolloso

declamatorio

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Etymology

From post-Classical Latin magniloquens (“talkative, verbose”).