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Synonyms
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Meaning:
flamboyant

brightly coloured and decorated; (of a person, behaviour, writing style etc) very energetic, lively etc

extravagant, theatrical

grandiose

planned on an impressive scale (often foolishly)

theatrical, extravagant

hyperbolic

of a hyperbola

wordy; flowery in speech

pompous

full of, showing (too much) self-importance

arrogant, egotistic

pretentious

claiming (without justification) great ability, qualities or importance

snobbish, conceited

redundant

no longer needed (especially a person being made unemployed); no longer or not used or useful

excessive; repetitious

rhetorical

(too) concerned with the style of speaking and writing and not with the content

wordy; flowery in speech

stilted

(of written style, talk, behaviour etc) too formal and unnatural

artificial, pretentious

stylistic

of style

rhetorical

verbose

using, containing, more words than are needed

wordy, long-winded

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