Oratorical and Plain

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Oratorical

Oratorical adjective - Marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases.
Usage example: a speech that was an oratorical endorsement of the value of education but one that refused to call for greater spending on education
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Plain is an antonym for oratorical.
Nearby Words: oratory, orator

Plain

Plain adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.
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Oratorical is an antonym for plain.
Nearby Words: plainly, plainness, plaint
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