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grandiloquence

/gran-dil-uh-kwuhns/US // grænˈdɪl ə kwəns //

大言不惭,大言不惭的,大言不惭地,大嘴

Related Words

grandiosity傲慢无礼,浩然之气,浩然正气,慷慨激昂claptrap胡说八道,哗众取宠,废话连篇,废话magniloquence口若悬河,口才,口才好,语调eloquence口才,辩才,雄辩,雄辩术rant咆哮,大喊大叫,咆哮声,咆哮着fustian锈迹斑斑,锈蚀,锈色,锈迹斑斑的turgidity干瘪性,干瘪度,干瘪,干瘪程度boastful夸夸其谈,夸夸其谈的,虚夸的,虚夸orotundity财富,丰富性,丰富的资源,肥胖症

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
claptrap胡说八道,哗众取宠,废话连篇,废话eloquence口才,辩才,雄辩,雄辩术fustian锈迹斑斑,锈蚀,锈色,锈迹斑斑的grandiosity傲慢无礼,浩然之气,浩然正气,慷慨激昂magniloquence口若悬河,口才,口才好,语调rant咆哮,大喊大叫,咆哮声,咆哮着turgidity干瘪性,干瘪度,干瘪,干瘪程度boastful夸夸其谈,夸夸其谈的,虚夸的,虚夸orotundity财富,丰富性,丰富的资源,肥胖症

Examples

  • But in opposing the Bush-Cheney march to war, his grandiloquence changed to eloquence.

  • Our central problem is that the combination of his grandiloquence and the September 2008 financial crisis led to his election.

  • Then he made a lamentable effort to deliver himself of fulminations after the manner of the Chief's grandiloquence.

  • It has the terseness of the French, without the grandiloquence of the Spanish, being derived directly from the Latin.

  • But the Colonel's reserved and persistent grandiloquence finally got the better of the other's inclination to banter.

  • He is of the same semi-classic school as Quintana, and like him devoted to artistic excellence and lyric grandiloquence.

  • Here lies the distinction between grandiloquence and genuine fancy or bold imaginativeness.

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