Grandiloquence

[ɡræn'diləkwəns]

(n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.

Editor: Vito

n. Bombast, fustian, turgidity, lofty language, high-sounding words, lofty style of speech.

Editor: Margaret

SYN:Verbosity, pomposity, mouthiness, grandiosity, antiloquence, stiltedness,euphuism, turgidity, fustian, bombast

ANT:Simplicity, plain-spokenness, naivete, unaffectedness, vernacular

Typist: Sanford