noun
- a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
Usage: formal
Examples
- The politician’s grandiloquence failed to mask the lack of substance in his speech.
- Her writing was criticized for its grandiloquence rather than praised for its clarity.
- The professor’s grandiloquence made simple concepts unnecessarily complicated.
- Despite his grandiloquence, the speaker conveyed very little useful information.
- The novel’s grandiloquence detracted from the emotional impact of the story.
- Critics found the author’s grandiloquence pretentious and off-putting.