" grandiloquent "

1: full of fine words and fancy expressions;

  * e.g., " ... poets in the 19th century tended to write poetry filled with grandiloquent phrases "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aureate,

•  florid,

•  flowery,

•  high-flown,

•  high-sounding,

•  highfalutin,

•  magnific,

•  ornate,

•  purple,

•  rhetorical

•  Antonyms : 

•  unrhetorical

2: marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases;

  * e.g., " ... at Independence Day celebrations grandiloquent speeches by local politicians are as traditional as fireworks "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bombastic,

•  flatulent,

•  fustian,

•  gaseous,

•  gassy,

•  oratorical,

•  orotund,

•  rhetorical,

•  windy

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

1: boastful speech or writing;

  * e.g., " ... a heavyweight champion who was famous for his entertaining grandiloquence prior to every match "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bluster,

•  bombast,

•  brag,

•  braggadocio,

•  bull,

•  cockalorum,

•  fanfaronade,

•  gas,

•  gasconade,

•  hot air,

•  magniloquence,

•  rant,

•  rodomontade

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)

2: language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere;

  * e.g., " ... the predictably wearisome grandiloquence of the speeches at a political convention "

•  Synonyms : 

•  bombast,

•  fustian,

•  gas,

•  hot air,

•  oratory,

•  rhetoric,

•  verbiage,

•  wind

•  Antonyms : 

• (N/A)