Of an immaterial thing: imposing, exalted, sublime.

Of language, style, or a literary work: characterized by formal elegance; elevated, grand. Also of a writer: skilled in or noted for such a style.

Exalted, sublime; (occasionally, depreciative) pompous, grandiloquent. Also: = magnific, adj. 3.

Dignified, stately; grandiose, pompous; = tragic, adj. 2b. Now rare.

In figurative and immaterial applications. Of compositions or utterances (hence occasionally of writers or speakers): Elevated in style or…

Relating to the elevated or dignified style of tragedy; designating this style; serious, stately; (later also) affectedly elevated, grandiose…

Of language, style, or a literary work: expressing noble ideas in a grand and elevated manner. Also of a writer: skilled in or noted for such a…

Very high; too high. Also figurative.

Imposing by vastness or dignity. Of language, an idea, etc.: exalted, sublime; (occasionally, depreciative) pompous, grandiloquent.

Designating or expressed in the grand or elevated style or language of heroic poetry; (also somewhat depreciative) bombastic, pompous, high-flown.

In sense 2b, designating a person or thing relating to or associated with tragic drama, as buskin muse, buskin style, etc. Obsolete.

= grandiloquent, adj.

Of language: bombastic, inflated, grandiloquent; full of long or impressive words (in later use esp. with reference to swearing). Cf. mouth-filling…

Elevated in tone or character; noble, refined; aspiring. Now rare.

Having a tragic style or manner; dignified, elevated, lofty.

Of an utterance: grandiloquent, overblown. Cf. mouth-filling, adj. 1. Obsolete.

Raised or carried high above the ground; borne high in the air.

High-sounding, lofty, pompous, loud.

Of a type or kind exemplified by, or considered characteristic of, the ancient Romans. Of language or literary style: lofty, elevated, stately…

Esp. of speech or language: sounding or appearing important or impressive (but in reality having little substance); pompous, bombastic; pretentious.

Of language: Elevated above ordinary language, lofty. Obsolete.

Of a person: lofty, ambitious, or pompous in expression; grandiloquent. Hence of utterances, compositions, etc. Also (occasionally): boastful.

figurative. Grandiloquent, pompously laudatory. Obsolete.

Of speech, writing, etc.: characterized by altiloquence; loud, elevated, pompous, or high-flown. Occasionally also of a person: using such language.

Characterized by a high-flown, extravagant, or bombastic style or manner, esp. in language.

Given to talking; loquacious; (of speech) grandiloquent.

= altisonant, adj.

figurative. Grandiloquent, magniloquent; high-flown; esp. in tall talk (talk, n. 6). colloquial.

Used as past participle of elevate, v.; also = elevated, adj.; in various senses. From 18th cent. only poetic.

= grandisonant, adj.

Of language, names, titles, etc.: Having a full, rich, or imposing sound; high-sounding, pompous, bombastic, etc. Also transferred of writers.

Of feelings, powers, sentiments, states of the mind. Of diction: Elevated, ‘high-flown’.

Grand-sounding, giving the impression of grandeur; rhetorical; bombastic.

Magnificent; grandiose.

= magniloquent, adj.

Originally (of a voice, speaker, or utterance): imposing, clear, resonant; such as is suited to public speaking, reading, or recitation. Now…

Of immaterial things (as attributes, actions, language, etc.): grand, stately, majestic.

High-sounding, grandiose. Obsolete. rare.

Characterized by the affectation of grandeur or stateliness, by pretentiousness or pomposity, or by absurd or delusional exaggeration.

Sounding great or important.

Of words: Latinized; stately, majestic.

Exalted in character, style, and tone; lofty, sublime; dignified.

attributive. Frequently depreciative. Designating a person or thing considered esoteric, highbrow, obscurantist, or disdainful.