declamatory meaning

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declamatory (adjective): ostentatiously lofty in style.

Definition of declamatory

  1. ostentatiously lofty in style
    • a man given to large talk
    • tumid political prose

    Synonyms: bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid

    Similar: rhetorical

Scrabble score: 19 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in RY · 11-letter words

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