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English noun: grandiosity

1. grandiosity (communication) high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation


SamplesThe grandiosity of his prose.
An excessive ornateness of language.


Synonymsgrandiloquence, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric


Broader (hypernym)expressive style, style


Narrower (hyponym)blah, bombast, claptrap, flourish, fustian, rant









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