eloquent
having or exercising the power of fluent, forceful, and appropriate speech: an eloquent orator.
characterized by forceful and appropriate expression: an eloquent speech.
movingly expressive: looks eloquent of disgust.
Origin of eloquent
1synonym study For eloquent
Other words from eloquent
- el·o·quent·ly, adverb
- el·o·quent·ness, noun
- non·el·o·quent, adjective
- non·el·o·quent·ly, adverb
- qua·si-el·o·quent, adjective
- qua·si-el·o·quent·ly, adverb
- su·per·el·o·quent, adjective
- su·per·el·o·quent·ly, adverb
- un·el·o·quent, adjective
- un·el·o·quent·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with eloquent
- elegant, eloquent
Words Nearby eloquent
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How to use eloquent in a sentence
As if to drive home the distinction, he left the lofty language to the event’s youngest speaker, Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet from Los Angeles whose spoken-word poem, “The Hill We Climb,” was the ceremony’s eloquent capstone.
America yearns for an era of good feeling. The inaugural ceremony launched one. | Peter Marks | January 20, 2021 | Washington PostAn eloquent exception is a painting by Sina Ata, an American-born Iraqi who lives in Jordan.
In the galleries: Middle East artists examine sheltering in place amid pandemic | Mark Jenkins | January 15, 2021 | Washington PostI do not believe it is a matter of opinion that Assemblywoman Shirley Weber is the most eloquent and moving speaker among California politicians.
Politics Report: Shirley Weber’s Shoes to Fill | Scott Lewis | December 26, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoThe book is dotted with tight, eloquent passages that unite these concerns.
Delusions, justice, accountability and freedom in America | Paul Taylor | December 18, 2020 | Washington PostLess explicit yet more eloquent are such wordless pictures as “Bloodletting,” in which torrents of pigment nearly submerge the stars and stripes.
In the galleries: A wide array of media carry election-year messages | Mark Jenkins | October 30, 2020 | Washington Post
He should also be remembered for being an early and eloquent foe of Nazism.
The Catholic Philosopher Who Took on Hitler | John Henry Crosby | December 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor her part, Michele, in interviews, is eloquent, to the point, and assured.
But what about the eloquent, book smart, interesting, quirky, inquisitive black woman, you ask?
Lifetime’s ‘Girlfriend Intervention’: The Fairy Black Mothers TV Doesn’t Need | Phoebe Robinson | September 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn the eloquent words of colonial preacher John Winthrop, “When a man is to wade through deep water, there is required tallness.”
For Short Men in 2014, The News Is Surprisingly Good | Kevin Bleyer | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat happened to that hopeful, eloquent man we elected in 2008?
He was a patriot of the noblest and most extensive views, and justly celebrated as a man of learning, eloquent and refined.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellShe looked up at him with sad and eloquent eyes, which softened his heart in spite of himself.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonTories will wax eloquent on "the pink miasma of revolutionary Radicalism."
Hugh said nothing, but his silence was eloquent to Evelyn, who knew now the whole story of the girl with the soft eyes.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. WilliamsonNever had the black population of the city listened to or witnessed a more eloquent appeal.
The Homesteader | Oscar Micheaux
British Dictionary definitions for eloquent
/ (ˈɛləkwənt) /
(of speech, writing, etc) characterized by fluency and persuasiveness
visibly or vividly expressive, as of an emotion: an eloquent yawn
Origin of eloquent
1Derived forms of eloquent
- eloquently, adverb
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