Declamatory
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /dɪˈklæmətɹi/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Declamatory is an adjective meaning Having the quality of a declamation.
Meaning
Having the quality of a declamation.
More Meanings
- Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.
Example Sentences
Behind him an excitable Frenchman was holding forth in declamatory style to a group of astonished residents.
He is described as having spoken for nearly an hour with great confidence in a highly declamatory tone, and with studied action, impressing all present who had ever heard of Cicero or Hortensius with the belief that he had worked himself up into the notion of being one or both of them for the occasion.
Synonyms for declamatory
Depending on context, synonyms include turgid, large, tumid, rhetorical, bombastic, orotund.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rhetorical, orotund, bombastic, large, turgid, tumid.
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