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Meanings of
declamatory
in English
Ostentatiously lofty in style.
large
bombastic
turgid
tumid
orotund
Related terms
rhetorical
Synonyms
Examples for "
large
"
large
bombastic
turgid
tumid
orotund
Examples for "
large
"
1
Conclusions: Foodborne diseases result in a
large
disease burden, particularly in children.
2
She said it was disturbing given the
large
number of reported cases.
3
Polish authorities, however, said the risk of
large
scale flooding had receded.
4
Furthermore, HFMD often affects a
large
number of infants and young children.
5
There are
large
potential markets, off Europe, the United States and China.
1
His
bombastic
home minister has become a leading voice of the cabinet.
2
Birdman, the most recent best picture winner, was
bombastic
and technically innovative.
3
Sala in cross-examination said to Lockwood in a
bombastic
,
inflated, Adelphi-drama style:
4
It moves with a livelier, more life-like rhythm; it is less
bombastic
.
5
He came out swinging hard again on his
bombastic
US presidential campaign.
1
There is nothing
turgid
in his dignity, nor superfluous in his copiousness.
2
But into the
turgid
down-sweep he headed with a newly conjured vigor.
3
Their
turgid
rhetoric and exaggerated pretence did not seem natural to him.
4
There was no sign of the puppy on the
turgid
grey surface.
5
The sea is dark and death-like, the air clammy,
turgid
,
and steamy.
1
They, indeed, ridiculed his action as theatrical, and his style as
tumid
.
2
But confound this
tumid
,
queasy feeling-thisrestlessness, swelling, and heat-itwas jealousy!
3
I do not: I find them turgid and
tumid
no end.
4
Thomson grows
tumid
wherever he assays the grandiosity of his model.
5
More
tumid
rain-clouds were approaching fast from the east, borne by the obdurate breeze.
1
Mrs. Hallam was sitting in
orotund
silence, but seemed in good humour.
2
Always an
orotund
man, he has the Chautauqua manner indeed in this exigency.
3
Obediently, the fanatic began to mouth Holy Writ in
orotund
.
4
Perhaps the
orotund
soul-wamblings of Coleridge are recarnate in him, Scawfell become Mount Tom.
5
Then he turned and pointed, no longer the
orotund
zealot but the expectant captain now.
Usage of
declamatory
in English
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
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Declamatory
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Declamatory
across language varieties
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