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declamatory

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de·clam·a·to·ry  (d-klm-tôr, -tr)
adj.
1. Having the quality of a declamation.
2. Pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic.
declamatory [dɪˈklæmətərɪ -trɪ]
adj
1. relating to or having the characteristics of a declamation
2. (Literature / Rhetoric) merely rhetorical; empty and bombastic
declamatorily  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.declamatorydeclamatory - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
bombastic, orotund, tumid, turgid, large
rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
declamatory
adjective rhetorical, theatrical, inflated, high-flown, pompous, turgid, bombastic, discursive, grandiloquent, fustian, orotund, stagy, magniloquent He has a reputation for making bold, declamatory statements.
Translations
declamatory [dɪˈklæmətərɪ] ADJ → declamatorio
declamatory [dɪˈklæmətəri] adj [statement] → déclamatoire
declamatory
adj → deklamatorisch, pathetisch
declamatory [dɪˈklæmət/ərɪ] adj (speech, tone) → declamatorio/a
declamatory [dɪˈklæmət/ərɪ] adj (speech, tone) → declamatorio/a


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He had chosen this work, he said, because the declamatory style was framed in imitation of the Eastern authors.
Frankenstein by Shelley, Mary View in context
At one time, I, merely in common civility, asked after her cough; immediately her long visage relaxed into a smile, and she favoured me with a particular history of that and her other infirmities, followed by an account of her pious resignation, delivered in the usual emphatic, declamatory style, which no writing can portray.
Agnes Grey by Bronte, Anne View in context
This fixed idea of the rhapsodist was delivered with animated enthusiasm, in a manner entirely declamatory, for he had plainly no skill as a dialectician.
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