Synonyms: pithy, sententious
Definition: concise and full of meaning
Usage: welcomed her pithy comments; the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams- Hervey Allen
Synonyms: sententious
Definition: abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing
Usage: too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation- Kathleen Barnes
Similar words: pretentious
Definition: making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
Usage: a pretentious country house; a pretentious fraud; a pretentious scholarly edition