grandiloquent

Adjective
  1. Lofty in style (synset 302024935)
    "he engages in so much tall talk, one never really realizes what he is saying"
    similar to: rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought
    same as: magniloquent, tall
  2. Puffed up with vanity (synset 301855888)
    "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"
    similar to: pretentious - making claim to or creating an appearance of (often undeserved) importance or distinction
    same as: overblown, pompous, pontifical, portentous

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