grandiloquent.

Using elevated, imposing language that often sounds excessive.

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Words that belong together

• grandiloquent speech
• grandiloquent declaration

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His grandiloquent declaration drew a restrained cough.

She abandoned the grandiloquent speech and spoke plainly.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more grandiloquent; superlative most grandiloquent where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.