124 entries under adjective topic. ×

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