Synonyms: rhetorical
Definition: given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
Usage: mere rhetorical frippery
Similar words: tumid, turgid, bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund
Definition: ostentatiously lofty in style
Usage: a man given to large talk; tumid political prose
Similar words: ornate, flowery
Definition: marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details
Usage: a flowery speech; ornate rhetoric taught out of the rule of Plato-John Milton
Similar words: empurpled, over-embellished, purple
Definition: excessively elaborate or showily expressed
Usage: a writer of empurpled literature; many purple passages; an over-embellished story of the fish that got away
Similar words: forensic
Definition: of, relating to, or used in public debate or argument
Similar words: tall, grandiloquent, magniloquent
Definition: lofty in style
Usage: he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying
Similar words: oratorical
Definition: characteristic of an orator or oratory
Usage: oratorical prose; harangued his men in an oratorical way- Robert Graves
Similar words: poetic, poetical
Definition: characteristic of or befitting poetry
Usage: poetic diction
Similar words: stylistic
Definition: of or relating to style (especially in the use of language)
Usage: stylistic devices