sententious
21sententious — a. Pithy, terse, laconic, succinct, concise, compendious, didactic, pointed, compact, full of meaning, very expressive, to the point, short and energetic …
22sententious — adj 1. pompous, bombastic, fustian, grandiloquent, grandiose, lofty, orotund, stilted; turgid, swollen, inflated, overblown, puffed up, Inf. windy, Inf. gassy; magniloquent, high flown, high sounding, Inf. .high falutin, big sounding, lexiphanic …
23sententious — sen·ten·tious …
24sententious — UK [senˈtenʃəs] / US adjective formal expressing opinions about right and wrong behaviour in a way that is intended to impress people …
25sententious — sen•ten•tious [[t]sɛnˈtɛn ʃəs[/t]] adj. 1) given to or abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims 2) given to excessive moralizing; self righteous 3) of the nature of a maxim; pithy • Etymology: 1400–50; < L sententiōsus meaningful… …
26sententious — adj. 1 (of a person) fond of pompous moralizing. 2 (of a style) affectedly formal. 3 aphoristic, pithy, given to the use of maxims, affecting a concise impressive style. Derivatives: sententiously adv. sententiousness n. Etymology: L sententiosus …
27Sententiously — Sententious Sen*ten tious, a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.] 1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. [1913… …
28Sententiousness — Sententious Sen*ten tious, a.[L. sentenciosus: cf. F. sentencieux.] 1. Abounding with sentences, axioms, and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. [1913… …
29sententiously — sententious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. DERIVATIVES sententiously adverb sententiousness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «full of meaning or wisdom»: from Latin sententia opinion …
30sententiousness — sententious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner. DERIVATIVES sententiously adverb sententiousness noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «full of meaning or wisdom»: from Latin sententia opinion …
