9
high-flown(adjective, style, plain, words, sonorous)
9
pretentious(adjective, ostentatious)
8
pompous(adjective, ostentatious)
7
artificial
7
bombastic(adjective, style, plain, words, ostentatious)
7
grandiloquent(adjective, style, plain, words, sonorous)
6
overblown(adjective, style, plain, words, ostentatious)
5
affected
5
flamboyant
5
highfalutin
5
loud(adjective, piercing, strident, noisy, sonorous)
5
rhetorical(adjective, style, plain, words, sonorous)
5
showy
4
declamatory(adjective, style, plain, words, sonorous)
4
imposing
4
inflated
3
aureate(adjective, style, great, plain, words)
3
big(adjective, strong, affected, hollow, arrogant)
3
flashy
3
flowery(adjective, style, plain, words, sonorous)
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