English adjective: orotund | |||
1. | orotund ostentatiously lofty in style | ||
Samples | A man given to large talk. Tumid political prose. | ||
Synonyms | bombastic, declamatory, large, tumid, turgid | ||
Similar | rhetorical | ||
Antonyms | unrhetorical | ||
2. | orotund (of sounds) full and rich | ||
Samples | Orotund tones. The rotund and reverberating phrase. Pear-shaped vowels. | ||
Synonyms | pear-shaped, rotund, round | ||
Similar | full | ||
Antonyms | thin | ||