grandiloquent

[gran-dil-uh-kwuhnt]

adjective

1. speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.

   Synonyms: pretentious, rhetorical, inflated, turgid
   Antonyms: sincere, simple

grandiloquent

/ ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt /

adjective

1. inflated, pompous, or bombastic in style or expression

Other Word Forms

• grandiloquently adverb
• grandiloquence noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of grandiloquent¹

First recorded in 1585–95; grandiloqu(ence) + -ent

Word History and Origins

Origin of grandiloquent¹

C16: from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis great + loquī to speak

Example Sentences

“Liquid silk,” “otherworldly,” “heaven in a cup,” and more resounding, grandiloquent, highly praiseful words and phrases fill your mind when you taste this amazing brew.

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But it is one that predictably becomes more complicated in the Situation Room than it seems at the podium during a grandiloquent speech.

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When he waxed poetic about his salad days as the page of the Duke of Norfolk, his voice turned light, proud and assured — grandiloquent, yes, but also creditable.

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It all seems a bit much for state politics but then DeSantis' grandiloquent rhetoric says pretty clearly that he's short term in Tallahassee.

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While some critics dismissed the records as grandiloquent and sketchily produced, we embraced their quirky storytelling and spontaneous energy.

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