magniloquence
61pretension — noun 1) the author has no pretension to exhaustive coverage Syn: aspiration, claim, assertion, pretense, profession 2) she spoke without pretension Syn: pretentiousness, affectation, ostentation, artificiality, airs …
62rhetoric — noun 1) a form of rhetoric Syn: oratory, eloquence, command of language, way with words 2) empty rhetoric Syn: bombast, turgidity, grandiloquence, magniloquence, pomposity, extravagant language, purple prose; …
63rodomontade — *bombast, rhapsody, rant, fustian Analogous words: boasting, bragging, vaunting (see BOAST vb): vainglory, vanity, *pride: magniloquence, grandiloquence (see corresponding adjectives at RHETORICAL) …
64bombast — n grandiosity, rodomontade, pomposity, magniloquence, grandiloquence; tumidity, turgidity, flatulence, Archaic. tympany; extravagance, rant, highflown language, sesquipedality; bravado, braggadocio, gasconade …
65bravado — n braggadocio, gasconade, swagger; bragging, boasting, blowing, crowing, vaunting, name dropping; fanfaronade, bluster, Sl. hot air, Sl. gas; bombast, pomposity, rodomontade, grandiosity, grandiloquence, magniloquence …
66declamation — n 1. speechmaking, speaking, orating, Inf. stumping; haranguing, ranting, spouting, mouthing. 2. speech, oration, address, discourse, lecture, sermon, recitation; tirade, harangue, Inf. stump speech; oratory, delivery, eloquence, rhetoric, style …
67euphuism — n (of writing style) 1. affectation, mannerism, Gongorism; fastidiousness, finicalness, delicacy. 2. high flown language, inflation, bombast, oro tundity, fustian, rant, turgidity; grandiloquence, magniloquence; floridness, floweriness,… …
68exaggeration — n 1. overstatement, Rhet. hyperbole; tall tale, Inf. fish story, old wive s tale, yarn; Sl. hot air, Inf. bull, Inf. bunk, Sl. gas; tempest in a teapot, much ado about nothing; caricature, take off, distortion. 2. embellishment, magnification,… …
69fustian — n 1. bombast, rant, grandiosity, rodomontade, pomposity, magniloquence, grandiloquence; tumidity, turgidity, flatulence, Archaic. tympany; extravagance, high flown language, flowery speech, exaggerated language, overstatement, sesquipedality;… …
70heroic — adj 1. brave, courageous, valiant, valorous, heroical, hero like, stout hearted, lionhearted, iron hearted, great hearted; virile, manly, manful, gallant, chivalrous, chivalric; intrepid, fearless, dauntless, aweless, dreadless, nervy, Sl. gutsy …
