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Johnsonian collapse

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

declamatory collapse

high flying collapse

highfalutin collapse

high pitched collapse

bedizened collapse

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

sonorous collapse

overelaborate collapse

oceanography collapse: the branch of science dealing with physical and biological aspects of the oceans

bathymetry collapse: measuring the depths of the oceans

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

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"

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"

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

garish collapse

flamboyant collapse: richly and brilliantly colorful

sonar collapse: a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"; "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee"

overdone collapse: cooked too long but still edible

high flown collapse

sounding collapse: the act of measuring depth of water (usually with a sounding line); a measure of the depth of water taken with a sounding line; making or having a sound as specified; used as a combining form; "harsh-sounding"; having volume or depth; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth

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

stilted collapse

flashy collapse: (used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display

euphonious collapse: having a pleasant sound; "a euphonious trill of silver laughter"; (of speech or dialect) pleasing in sound; not harsh or strident; "her euphonious Southern speech"

glorified collapse

overwrought collapse

melodic collapse: of or relating to melody; "melodic harmony"

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

tuneful collapse: having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune

melodious collapse: containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"

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

flaunting collapse

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

mezzo soprano collapse

pompous collapse: characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

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"

silver tongued collapse

cantabile collapse: smooth and flowing

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