as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
he's prone to fits of maudlin magniloquence when he's drunk
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Recent Examples of magniloquence
Hammy magniloquence risks alienating viewers, not just for an evening but for life, as does obscurity.
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The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for magniloquence
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Yet Biden administration officials have not espoused the same explicitly anti-media rhetoric as Trump and his top allies have for years.Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 11 Dec. 2024
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His harsh stance on immigration and refugees echoes the same xenophobic rhetoric that has fueled fear and division across the globe.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence.Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 13 June 2023
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Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.Michael Nordine, Variety, 11 Aug. 2022
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The humble brag is a new shiny toy for some people.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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The brag quickly caught the attention of Swift fans across social media, who rushed to attack Spector while defending Swift.Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
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Dmitri Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony, one of the mainstays of the twentieth-century orchestral repertory, ends with an unapologetic display of musical bombast.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2024
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Despite bombast and threats, Mike Pompeo’s lobbying efforts in Europe against Huawei met with only mixed success.Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2020
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After treating the divas to a lovely performance on harp, the gofer can’t resist a bit of braggadocio.Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Nov. 2024
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Stitched together, the mash-up of Jay’s braggadocio and Chester’s bare emotion isn’t lyrically coherent, but somehow the tones make sense together.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
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“Magniloquence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/magniloquence. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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