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more turgid, and suddenly he slammed down on the floor, gave a kick or two
and lay very still A man leaned over and held his wrist. — 048 - The Derrick
Devil;
• inflated, overblown, or pompous; bombastic, ( );
• (bombastic)- ostentatiously lofty in style; I hurl defiance at my century,
sounds a trifle bombastic. — The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller;
• (orotund)- (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness,
richness, and clearness, ( ; ); The following example requires
the union of declamatory force, low pitch, slow rate, monotone,
and orotund quality: -- — The American Union Speaker;
• (of a style of speaking) pompous or bombastic, ( ; );
• (declamatory)- ostentatiously lofty in style; Its success has introduced or
confirmed among us the use of dialogue too declamatory, of unaffecting
elegance and chill philosophy. ' — Life Of Johnson;
• (pompous)- characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or
importance, ( ; ; ; ); Sometimes a pompous,
pretending title hits the mark at once and wins a name. — Life and Remains of
John Clare;
• (pontifical)- of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a pontiff; papa, (
- ); In spite of his prayers that he might be spared the degradation
of being arrested while still clad in his pontifical habits, he was at once sent
to the Bastile. — The Life of Marie Antoinette;
• pompous, dogmatic, or pretentious, ( , ); The Colonel was
smiling now; his handsome face was gradually assuming the
expression pontifical. — The Valley of the Giants;
• (grandiloquent)- speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of
being pompous or bombastic, ( ); His language is free, perfectly
clear, often redundant, sometimes grandiloquent, and usually addressed
more to the pit than to the boxes. — Studies in Early Victorian Literature;
• (magniloquent)- speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style;
pompous; bombastic; boastful, ( ; ); Lamb's
verses were always good, steady, and firm, and void of
those magniloquent commonplaces which so clearly betray the immature
writer. — Charles Lamb;
• (overblown)- overinflated; turgid; bombastic; pretentious, (
; ; ); The storm which threatened the former
was overblown, and he was in season to avert that by which the latter was