Bombastic
121tumid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. turgid, swollen, distended, enlarged; protuberant, bulging; bombastic, pompous, inflated; teeming, bursting. See convexity, expansion. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Swollen] Syn. bulging, distended,… …
122fustian — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, ranting, pomposity; see euphuism , wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bombastic, pompous, pretentious, extravagant, grandiose, lofty. ANT.: understated, low key III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun… …
123gassy — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. bombastic, boastful, pompous, windy; see bombastic , verbose . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. flatulent, bloated …
124high-flown — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. extravagant, pretentious, haughty, high sounding, grandiloquent; see also egotistic 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. high sounding, bombastic, grandiloquent, lofty, grandiose, pretentious, stilted, inflated,… …
125oratorical — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. rhetorical, eloquent, declamatory, bombastic, loud, noisy, stentorian, pompous, theatrical, stylistic, expressive, forceful, persuasive, fervid, vivid, elocutionary, intoning, senatorial, gesturing, gesticulative,… …
126orotund — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1. resounding sonorous, booming, resonant, projecting, stentorian, reverberating, thundering, powerful, mighty, rich. 2. grandiose in speech pompous, bombastic, fustian, bloated, grandiloquent. see oration, voice… …
127Exaggeration — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Exaggeration >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 exaggeration exaggeration Sgm: N 1 expansion expansion &c. 194 Sgm: N 1 hyperbole hyperbole stretch strain coloring Sgm: N 1 high coloring high coloring …
128Ornament — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ornament >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ornament ornament Sgm: N 1 floridness c.adj floridness c.adj GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 turgidity turgidity turgescence Sgm: N 2 altiloquence altiloquence &c. >Adj …
