1. using pompous or extravagant language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress
Usage: often implies pretentiousness or excessive formality

Examples

• The politician’s grandiloquent speech failed to connect with ordinary voters.
• His grandiloquent writing style made the simple story unnecessarily complicated.
• The professor’s grandiloquent lectures often confused rather than enlightened students.
• She rejected his grandiloquent marriage proposal, preferring something more sincere.
• The restaurant’s grandiloquent menu descriptions couldn’t hide the mediocre food.
• Critics dismissed the novel as grandiloquent and self-indulgent.