Antonyms for grandiloquentgrandil·o·quent

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1. grandiloquentadjective

   Synonyms:
   pretentious, ostentatious, sesquipedalian, flowery, bombastic, extravagant

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1. grandiloquent, magniloquent, talladjective

   lofty in style

   "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"

   Antonyms:
   unrhetorical, unpretentious

   Synonyms:
   marvelous, improbable, tall, tall(a), portentous, overblown, pontifical, marvellous, pompous, magniloquent

2. grandiloquent, overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentousadjective

   puffed up with vanity

   "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

   Antonyms:
   unrhetorical, unpretentious

   Synonyms:
   prodigious, papal, foreboding(a), tall, episcopal, portentous, overblown, apostolic, pontifical, fateful, pompous, ceremonious, magniloquent, apostolical

How to use grandiloquent in a sentence?

1. Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro:

   (That was) a grave diplomatic mistake. Exxon Mobil is behind all this, i hope... the Guyanese president can reflect and take the necessary steps for a process of dialogue and abandon grandiloquent discourse and stop listening to the bad, pernicious and wrong advice from Exxon Mobil and the officials it has bought.

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