grandiloquent

a. 大言不惭的, 夸张的, 夸大的

发音

UK /ɡɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/
US /ɡɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/

词形变化

more grandiloquent 比较级 most grandiloquent 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

tall pompous overblown magniloquent pontifical portentous

近义相关 2

pretentious rhetorical

词源

From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“to speak”). Compare eloquent.

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