Lofty
Orotund
Orotund adjective - Marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases.
Usage example: a master of the orotund prose that is favored by academic journals of literary criticism
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- rhetorical and lofty
- rhetorical and orotund
- self-important and lofty
- self-important and orotund
- overbearing and lofty
- overbearing and orotund
- pretentious and lofty
- pretentious and orotund
- bombastic and lofty
- bombastic and orotund
- grandiose and lofty
- grandiose and orotund
- inflated and lofty
- inflated and orotund
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