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Meaning:
exalted

of high rank or importance

praised; held in high esteem

fat

having much weight

overweight

heroic

having, needing, great courage

brave, champion

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

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

superlative

of the highest degree or quality; a form of an adjective or adverb expressing the highest degree (usually made by adding '-est' or with 'most'), such as 'happiest', 'longest', 'worst', 'most likely'

excellent, first-class

swollen

of swell; larger (because of air or liquid inside)

enlarged

tumescent

swelling; swollen

swollen

vain

without use, value, meaning or result; having too high an opinion of one's looks, abilities etc

egotistical

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