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Meanings of
declamatory
in anglès
Ostentatiously lofty in style.
large
bombastic
turgid
tumid
orotund
Related terms
rhetorical
Usage of
declamatory
in anglès
1
He worked his jaw, then spoke rhythmically in a different,
declamatory
voice.
2
His treatment of the hexameter exactly suits his
declamatory
type of satire.
3
He was by turns gay, melancholy, artless, tender, arch, courteous, and
declamatory
.
4
I won't have you making any more
declamatory
love-scenes, you dreadful boy!
5
There are
declamatory
political party manifestos, thundering newspaper editorials or vitriolic online comments.
6
And without being asked, he recited in a
declamatory
tone verses ending thus:
7
In Germany the attack, if less
declamatory
,
was no less severe.
8
He predicted, in his wild and
declamatory
way, his own death.
9
They were very fond of it, and liked
declamatory
poetical pieces.
10
His success in impassioned
declamatory
roles obtained for him the nickname of ''Tyrant.''
11
A history of facts was a more formidable indictment than any
declamatory
attack.
12
I do allow that these expressions are loose, and may be called
declamatory
.
13
Others, not so
declamatory
,
persist, however, in confounding riches with egoism and insensibility.
14
That was Coggins's voice, Coggins at his most dour and
declamatory
.
15
In time the
declamatory
street style became one of his hallmarks.
16
But movement also has grown less expressive, more
declamatory
,
less intimate.
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declamatory
Adjective
Frequent collocations
declamatory tone
declamatory manner
declamatory voice
declamatory passages
declamatory rhetoric
More collocations
Declamatory
through the time
Declamatory
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common