Meaning

2 senses
  1. Having the quality of a declamation.

  2. Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.

    ostentatiously lofty in style

Origin

Equivalent to declaim + -atory.

Equivalent to declaim + -atory.

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Forms

more declamatory, most declamatory
Comparativemore declamatory Lesson
Superlativemost declamatory Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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