English words for 'Pompous discourse.'
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verb
noun
- Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense.
- The public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges.
- The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.
- A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
- vehement oratory
- recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
verb
- talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
- administer a pontifical office
- (intransitive) To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length.
- (intransitive) To preside as a bishop, especially at mass.
- (intransitive) To act like a pontiff; to express one's position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct.
noun
noun
- a flowery and highly rhetorical oration
- (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration
- The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
- A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.
noun
- an extemporaneous speech or remark
- a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
- (music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
- (by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
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- pompously embellished language
- a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- The release of such gas; breaking wind.
- The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
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noun
verb
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adj
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- (When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
- Representing the sound of vomiting.
- An expression of mild frustration.
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
- Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.
- (figuratively) Inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also (archaic), incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense.
- A class of fabric including corduroy and velveteen.
adj
noun
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- A criticism done by ranting.
- A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
- A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
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adv
adj
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- exhibiting self-importance
- given or giving freely
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- prodigious
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- serious or severe
- (of animals) fully developed
- feeling self-importance
- significant
- loud and firm
- marked by intense physical force
- conspicuous in position or importance
- Popular.
- Of great size, large.
- (of a city) Populous.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- Having a large penis.
- (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
noun
- (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (ageplay) The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- Someone or something that is large in stature.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
adv
adj
- fairly large or important in effect; influential
- having broad power and range and scope
- ostentatiously lofty in style
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- conspicuous in position or importance
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).
- (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
- Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
noun
- a garment size for a large person
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- an instance of boastful talk
- black birds having a raucous call
- the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
- (derogatory) An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.
- The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.
- (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A black person.
- (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
- Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
- A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
- (military, slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
- (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
- A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
- Alternative spelling of cro (“marijuana”).
verb
- express pleasure verbally
- dwell on with satisfaction
- utter shrill sounds
- (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
- (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
- (intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.
adj
adj
- Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
- Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
- (law) Involving evidence that relies on inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact, thus, suggesting guilt but not directly proving it.
- Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular.
- fully detailed and specific about particulars
noun
noun
- a pompous fool
- hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
- slang for sexual intercourse
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- (countable and uncountable) The buttocks.
- (countable and uncountable) The anus.
- (now often vulgar from conflation with etymology 2 sense 1) A stupid or inconsiderate person.
- (uncountable) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
- Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
- (synecdochic, uncountable) Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood.
- (synecdochic, countable) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body.
- (by extension) One's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
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noun
verb
noun
verb
noun
- Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense.
- The public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges.
- The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; loud speaking in public.
- A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.
- vehement oratory
- recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
noun
- a flowery and highly rhetorical oration
- (rhetoric) the concluding section of an oration
- The concluding section of a discourse, either written or oral, in which the orator or writer sums up and commends his topic to his audience, particularly as used in the technical sense of a component of ancient Roman oratorical delivery.
- A discourse or rhetorical argument in general.
noun
- an extemporaneous speech or remark
- a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
- (music) A short musical composition for an informal occasion often with the character of improvisation and usually to be played solo.
- (by extension) Any composition, musical or otherwise, that is created on the spot without preparation.
adj
adv
noun
- pompously embellished language
- a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal
- The release of such gas; breaking wind.
- The state of having gas, often smelly, trapped (and when released, frequently with noise) in the digestive system of a human and some other animals; wind; and when released, a flatus, a fart.
noun
adj
intj
- (When spoken repeatedly, often three times in succession: blah blah blah!) Imitative of idle, meaningless talk; used sometimes in a slightly derogatory manner to mock or downplay another's words, or to show disinterest in a diatribe, rant, instructions, unsolicited advice, parenting, etc. Also used when recalling and retelling another's words, as a substitute for the portions of the speech deemed irrelevant.
- Representing the sound of vomiting.
- An expression of mild frustration.
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap
- Originally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, which is chiefly prepared for menswear.
- (figuratively) Inflated, pompous, or pretentious speech or writing; bombast; also (archaic), incoherent or unintelligible speech or writing; gibberish, nonsense.
- A class of fabric including corduroy and velveteen.
adj
noun
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
- A criticism done by ranting.
- A wild, emotional, and sometimes incoherent articulation.
- A type of dance step usually performed in clogs, and particularly (but not exclusively) associated with the English North West Morris tradition. The rant step consists of alternately bringing one foot across and in front of the other and striking the ground, with the other foot making a little hop.
verb
adj
noun
verb
noun
adj
verb
noun
- an instance of boastful talk
- black birds having a raucous call
- the cry of a cock (or an imitation of it)
- (derogatory) An ill-tempered and obstinate woman, or one who otherwise has features resembling the bird; a harpy.
- The cry or call of a rooster or a cockerel, especially as heard at sunrise.
- (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A black person.
- (historical) A gangplank (corvus) used by the Ancient Roman navy to board enemy ships.
- Any of various dark-coloured nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euploea.
- A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles; it has a harsh, croaking call.
- (military, slang) The emblem of an eagle, a sign of military rank.
- (among butchers) The mesentery of an animal.
- A bar of iron with a beak, crook or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.
- Alternative spelling of cro (“marijuana”).
verb
- express pleasure verbally
- dwell on with satisfaction
- utter shrill sounds
- (intransitive) To make the shrill sound characteristic of a rooster; to make a sound in this manner, either in gaiety, joy, pleasure, or defiance.
- (intransitive) To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
- (intransitive, music) To test the reed of a double reed instrument by placing the reed alone in the mouth and blowing it.
adj
noun
- a pompous fool
- hardy and sure-footed animal smaller and with longer ears than the horse
- slang for sexual intercourse
- the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
- (countable and uncountable) The buttocks.
- (countable and uncountable) The anus.
- (now often vulgar from conflation with etymology 2 sense 1) A stupid or inconsiderate person.
- (uncountable) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
- Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
- (synecdochic, uncountable) Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood.
- (synecdochic, countable) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body.
- (by extension) One's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
adj
particle
noun
verb
verb
- talk in a dogmatic and pompous manner
- administer a pontifical office
- (intransitive) To speak in a patronizing, supercilious or pompous manner, especially at length.
- (intransitive) To preside as a bishop, especially at mass.
- (intransitive) To act like a pontiff; to express one's position or opinions dogmatically and pompously as if they were absolutely correct.
noun
verb
noun
adv
adj
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- exhibiting self-importance
- given or giving freely
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- prodigious
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- serious or severe
- (of animals) fully developed
- feeling self-importance
- significant
- loud and firm
- marked by intense physical force
- conspicuous in position or importance
- Popular.
- Of great size, large.
- (of a city) Populous.
- (informal) Important or significant.
- Having large muscles, especially visible ones such as the chest and arm muscles.
- (informal) Mature, conscientious, principled; generous. [with of ‘someone’]
- (informal) Used as an intensifier, especially of negative-valence nouns
- (of an industry or other field, or institution(s) therein; often capitalized; sometimes humorous) Operating on a large scale, especially if therefore having undue or sinister influence.
- Specifically, big-breasted.
- (informal, slang, rare, of someone's age) Old, mature. Used to imply that someone is too old for something, or acting immaturely.
- Having a large penis.
- (informal) Enthusiastic (about). [with on ‘someone/something’]
- (informal) Fat.
- (sometimes figurative) Large with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce.
- (informal) Adult; (of a child) older.
noun
- (university slang) An initiated member of a sorority or fraternity who acts as a mentor to a new member (the little).
- (ageplay) The participant in age roleplay who acts out the older role.
- An important or powerful person; a celebrity; a big name.
- Someone or something that is large in stature.
- (in the plural) The big leagues, big time.
adv
adj
- fairly large or important in effect; influential
- having broad power and range and scope
- ostentatiously lofty in style
- in an advanced stage of pregnancy
- generous and understanding and tolerant
- above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent
- conspicuous in position or importance
- (especially clothing, food or drink) That is large (the manufactured size).
- (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is abeam, or between the beam and the quarter.
- Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
noun
- a garment size for a large person
- (countable, especially clothing, food or drink) An item labelled or denoted as being that size.
- (uncountable, especially clothing, food or drink) One of several common sizes to which an item may be manufactured, larger than a medium.
- (countable, especially with respect to clothing) One who fits an item of that size.
- (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
adj
noun
verb
adj
- Full of circumstance or pomp; ceremonial.
- Pertaining to or dependent on circumstances, especially as opposed to essentials; incidental, not essential.
- (law) Involving evidence that relies on inference to connect it to a conclusion of fact, thus, suggesting guilt but not directly proving it.
- Abounding with minor circumstances; in great detail; particular.
- fully detailed and specific about particulars