sententious meaning

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sententious (adjective): abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing.

sententious has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

sententious as an adjective

  1. abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
    • too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation

    Similar: pretentious

  2. concise and full of meaning
    • welcomed her pithy comments
    • the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams

    Synonyms: pithy

    Similar: concise

Scrabble score: 11 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SE · words ending in US · 11-letter words

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