grandiloquent

adjective

/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/ formal mainly disapproving

Definition

› describes a style or a way of using language that is complicated in order to attract admiration and attention, especially in order to make someone or something seem important: Her speech was full of grandiloquent language, but it contained no new ideas.Exaggerating and playing downPraising and applauding grandiloquence

/-kwəns/ noun [U] Exaggerating and playing downPraising and applauding grandiloquently

/-li/ adverb Exaggerating and playing downPraising and applauding

(Definition of grandiloquent adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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