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rhetorical: 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

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wordy collapse

Johnsonian collapse

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

declamatory collapse

high sounding collapse

high flying collapse

bedizened collapse

eloquent collapse: expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively; "able to dazzle with his facile tongue"; "silver speech"

overelaborate collapse

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

garish collapse

overdone collapse: cooked too long but still edible

highfalutin collapse

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

flamboyant collapse: richly and brilliantly colorful

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

intonation collapse: the production of musical tones (by voice or instrument); especially the exactitude of the pitch relations; the act of singing in a monotonous tone; singing by a soloist of the opening piece of plainsong; rise and fall of the voice pitch

stilted collapse

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"

inflated collapse: expanded by (or as if by) gas or air; "an inflated balloon"

overwrought collapse

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

flaunting collapse

high flown collapse

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"

pompous collapse: characterized by pomp and ceremony and stately display

emphasis collapse: special and significant stress by means of position or repetition e.g.; special importance or significance; "the red light gave the central figure increased emphasis"; "the room was decorated in shades of grey with distinctive red accents"

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"

sonorous collapse

pedantic collapse

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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