Synonyms for Grandiloquent
Definition of grandiloquent
adjective
- lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
- puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek
8 synonyms found
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