English-Thai Dictionary

grandiloquent

ADJ โอ้อวด  ขี้คุย  ขี้โม้  pompous boastful o-uat

 

grandiloquently

ADV โอ้อวด  ขี้คุย  o-uat

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GRANDILOQUENT

Gran *dil "o *quent, a. Etym: [L. grandis grand + logui to speak. ]

 

Defn: Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

grandiloquent

gran dil o quent |granˈdiləkwənt ɡrænˈdɪləkwənt | ▶adjective pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, esp. in a way that is intended to impress: a grandiloquent celebration of Spanish glory. DERIVATIVES gran dil o quence noun, gran dil o quent ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin grandiloquus, literally ‘grand-speaking, ’ from grandis ‘grand ’ + loqui ‘speak. ’ The ending was altered in English by association with eloquent .

 

Oxford Dictionary

grandiloquent

grandiloquent |granˈdɪləkwənt | ▶adjective pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress: a grandiloquent celebration of Spanish glory. DERIVATIVES grandiloquence noun, grandiloquently adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin grandiloquus, literally ‘grand-speaking ’, from grandis ‘grand ’ + loqui ‘speak ’. The ending was altered in English by association with eloquent .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

grandiloquent

grandiloquent adjective grandiloquent speeches: pompous, bombastic, magniloquent, pretentious, ostentatious, high-flown, orotund, florid, flowery; overwrought, overblown, overdone; informal highfalutin, purple. ANTONYMS understated.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

grandiloquent

grandiloquent adjective their grandiloquent phrases failed to convince me: pompous, bombastic, magniloquent, pretentious, ostentatious, high-flown, high-sounding, rhetorical, orotund, fustian, florid, flowery; laboured, strained, overwrought, overblown, overdone; wordy, periphrastic; epic, Homeric, Miltonian; informal highfalutin, purple; rare tumid, pleonastic, euphuistic, aureate, hyperventilated. ANTONYMS unpretentious; concise.

 

French Dictionary

grandiloquent

grandiloquent , ente adj. adjectif Emphatique, pompeux. : Un style grandiloquent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

grandiloquent

gran dil o quent /ɡrændɪ́ləkwənt /形容詞 ｟かたく 非難して ｠〈言葉遣いや行動などが 〉 (見栄っ張りで )大げさな, 大言壮語する .gran d í l o quence /-kwəns /名詞