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Meaning of 'declamatory' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Declamatory [ a.]
- Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.
- Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.

Meaning of 'declamatory' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . declamatory [ s]
Meaning (1):
- ostentatiously lofty in style
Example in sentence:
  • a man given to large talk;
  • tumid political prose

Nearby Words:

deca- decacerata decachord decachordon decad decadal decade decadence decadency decadent

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