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mannered collapse: having unnatural mannerisms; "brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom"

orotund collapse: (of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels"

studied collapse: produced or marked by conscious design or premeditation; "a studied smile"; "a note of biting irony and studied insult"- V.L.Parrington

showy collapse: displaying brilliance and virtuosity; marked by ostentation but often tasteless; "a cheap showy rhinestone bracelet"; "a splashy half-page ad"

grandiloquent collapse: puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek; lofty in style; "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"

ostentatious collapse: intended to attract notice and impress others; "an ostentatious sable coat"; of a display that is tawdry or vulgar

rhetorical collapse: concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"; of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford

artificial collapse: artificially formal; "that artificial humility that her husband hated"; "contrived coyness"; "a stilted letter of acknowledgment"; "when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation"; contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"; not arising from natural growth or characterized by vital processes

grandiose collapse: impressive because of unnecessary largeness or grandeur; used to show disapproval; affectedly genteel

pretentious collapse: making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction; "a pretentious country house"; "a pretentious fraud"; "a pretentious scholarly edition"

gaudy collapse: a celebratory feast held annually at one of the colleges in a British university

meretricious collapse: like or relating to a prostitute; "meretricious relationships"

tortuous collapse: not straightforward; "his tortuous reasoning"; marked by repeated turns and bends; "a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"

sententious collapse: abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes

tall collapse: a garment size for a tall person; great in vertical dimension; high in stature; "tall people"; "tall buildings"; "tall trees"; "tall ships"

unnatural collapse: not in accordance with or determined by nature; contrary to nature; "an unnatural death"; "the child's unnatural interest in death"

precious collapse: of high worth or cost; "diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones"; extremely; "there is precious little time left"

labyrinthine collapse: resembling a labyrinth in form or complexity; "a labyrinthine network of tortuous footpaths"; relating to or affecting or originating in the inner ear; "labyrinthine deafness"

affected collapse: acted upon; influenced; speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression

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