belletristic

adjective

variants also belle-lettristic
Definition of belletristicnext
as in literary

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for belletristic
  1. literary
  2. declamatory
  3. bombastic
  4. scholastic
  5. pompous
  6. florid
  7. stilted
  8. flowery
Adjective
  • Like a literary assassin. Scribner, to my surprise, was into the idea of a blurb from Eve.
    Lili Anolik, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
  • The Magic Mountain is an odyssey confined to one place, a novel of ideas like no other, and a masterpiece of literary modernism.
    George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of literary
Adjective
  • But there’s nothing boring in Coppola’s realization of this culminating drama, and none in Driver’s declamatory enthusiasm.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The main theme, a declamatory seven-note figure, later becomes the basis for a fantastical cadenza on vibraphone, played poetically by Yeh.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024
Definition of declamatory
Adjective
  • But the album’s mix of empowering dance-pop and bombastic arena rock was unquestionably Gaga’s brainchild — no one else made the decision to place her head at the front of a motorcycle on the album cover.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Watch on Deadline Writer Mak Tin-shu, whose credits include last year’s milestone alien invasion extravaganza Warriors of Future, offsets the action with a generous showering of overwrought melodrama, as is to be expected from such a bombastic crowdpleaser.
    James Marsh, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of bombastic
Adjective
  • Starting this scholastic year, the program is donating 175,000 euros to institutions located in the U.S. and U.K. Plans are afoot to expand globally in the future.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Public health, the work of public health cannot be principally scholastic.
    Washington Post Live, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
Definition of scholastic
Adjective
  • Bonneville, as the ineffectually pompous Mr. Brown, always gives the impression of having a whale of a time.
    Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Film festivals can often be pompous affairs, full of endless gatekeeping, infinite gradations of status, and extremely specific dress codes.
    Nate Jones, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2024
Definition of pompous
Adjective
  • And yes, the dialogue and atmosphere is exceedingly florid, courting camp if not crossing that line altogether.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Putting the florid rhetoric aside, there is an important underlying issue: What is the role of the corporation in society?
    Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
Definition of florid
Adjective
  • Legs wheeling, steve is a stilted shadow on the side of the road, a hundred feet before the finish line, waiting for me.
    Outside Online, Outside Online, 30 Oct. 2024
  • The pilot opens with the arrival of his new second-in-command Dag, played by Lolly Adefope, who provides a somewhat stilted expository voice.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2024
Definition of stilted
Adjective
  • Boots in the boudoir Spring/summer 2025 is going to be full of flowery feminine prints and floaty blouses and skirts if the Paris runway shows that end Tuesday are anything to go by.
    Jason Ma, Fortune Europe, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The album had a flowery psychedelic cover and was widely advertised in New York and California.
    James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
Definition of flowery
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