Oratorical and Simple

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

Simple is an antonym for oratorical in topics: rhetorical, characteristic of oratory.

Nearby Words: oratory, orator

Simple

Simple adjective - Free from all additions or embellishment.

Oratorical is an antonym for simple.

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