English adjective: sententious | |||
1. | sententious abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing | ||
Samples | Too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation. | ||
Similar | pretentious | ||
Antonyms | unpretentious | ||
2. | sententious concise and full of meaning | ||
Samples | Welcomed her pithy comments. The peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams. | ||
Synonyms | pithy | ||
Similar | concise | ||
Antonyms | prolix | ||