ALL meanings of sententious
sen·ten·tious
S s - adjective sententious abounding in pithy aphorisms or maxims: a sententious book. 1
- adjective sententious given to excessive moralizing; self-righteous. 1
- adjective sententious given to or using pithy sayings or maxims: a sententious poet. 1
- adjective sententious of the nature of a maxim; pithy. 1
- adjective sententious characterized by or full of aphorisms, terse pithy sayings, or axioms 0
- adjective sententious constantly using aphorisms, etc 0
- adjective sententious tending to indulge in pompous moralizing 0
- adjective sententious expressing much in few words; short and pithy; pointed 0
- adjective sententious full of, or fond of using, maxims, proverbs, etc., esp. in a way that is ponderously trite and moralizing 0