21
grandiloquent(adjective, style, plain, speech, important)
16
bombastic(adjective, style, plain, words, tedious)
15
eloquent(adjective, speech, stirring, expressive, wordy)
13
declamatory(adjective, style, plain, speech, words)
13
flowery(adjective, style, plain, speech, important)
12
oratorical(adjective, characteristic, speech, wordy, flowery)
11
florid(adjective, rich, extravagant, ornament, elaborate)
10
purple
9
magniloquent(adjective, style, plain, important, words)
9
ornate(adjective, extravagant, affected, ornament, hollow)
9
turgid(adjective, ornament, exaggerated, wordy, pompous)
8
overblown(adjective, style, plain, important, words)
8
pompous(adjective, ornament, pretentious, arrogant, exaggerated)
8
sonorous(adjective, style, plain, important, words)
7
flamboyant(adjective, affected, hollow, elaborate, exaggerated)
7
high-flown(adjective, style, plain, important, words)
7
inflated(adjective, stiff, ornament, pretentious, lofty)
7
pretentious(adjective, important, stiff, affected, elaborate)
7
verbose(adjective, pretentious, exaggerated, wordy, pompous)
6
embellished(adjective, rich, extravagant, elaborate, ornate)
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