grandiloquentadjective
uk/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/us/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/formal mainly disapprovingA grandiloquent style or way of using language 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.
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Exaggerating & playing down
- alarmist
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- make sth of sth
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- overstatement
- pad
- pudding
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- understatement
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grandiloquence
noun [ U ] uk/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwəns/us/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwəns/
grandiloquently
adverb uk/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt.li/us/ɡrænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt.li/