Definitions for: Declamatory


[adj] ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"



Webster (1913) Definition: De*clam"a*to*ry, a. [L. declamatorius: cf. F.
d['e]clamatoire.]
1. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a
rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.

2. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously
rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic;
noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.

Synonyms: bombastic, large, orotund, rhetorical, tumid, turgid

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