sententious
11sententious — adjective your new churchy friends have certainly made you sententious Syn: moralistic, moralizing, sanctimonious, self righteous, pietistic, pious, priggish, judgmental; pompous, pontifical, self important; informal preachy …
12sententious saying — index maxim Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
13sententious utterance — index maxim Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
14sententious — adjective Etymology: Middle English, full of meaning, from Latin sententiosus, from sententia sentence, maxim Date: 1509 1. a. given to or abounding in aphoristic expression b. given to or abounding in excessive moralizing 2. terse, aphoristic,… …
15sententious — adjective /sɛnˈtɛn.ʃəs,sɛnˈtɛnt.ʃəs/ a) Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise. b) Tending to use aphorisms or maxims, especially given to trite moralizing. Syn: concise, pithy, aphoristic See Also …
16sententious — Synonyms and related words: Gongoresque, Johnsonian, Spartan, abbreviated, abridged, admonitory, advisory, affected, allegorical, aphoristic, aposiopestic, associational, axiomatic, bedizened, big sounding, brief, brusque, cautionary, clipped,… …
17sententious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. terse, laconic, pithy, succinct, curt; didactic. See maxim, taciturnity. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Compact] Syn. concise, aphoristic, pointed; see obvious 2 . 2. [Pompous] Syn. bombastic,… …
18sententious — sen|ten|tious [ sen tenʃəs ] adjective FORMAL expressing opinions about right and wrong behavior in a way that is intended to impress people ╾ sen|ten|tious|ly adverb …
19sententious — sen·ten·tious || sen tenʃəs adj. sanctimonious, self righteous; full of proverbs, abounding in maxims …
20sententious — [sɛn tɛnʃəs] adjective given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. Derivatives sententiously adverb sententiousness noun Origin ME (in sense full of meaning or wisdom ): from L. sententiosus, from sententia (see sentence) …
