All euphuistic synonyms

adjective euphuistic

• grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
• pompous — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
• grandiose — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
• histrionic — of or relating to actors or acting.
• rhapsodic — extravagantly enthusiastic; ecstatic.
• aureate — covered with gold; gilded
• balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
• declamatory — A declamatory phrase, statement, or way of speaking is dramatic and confident.
• flowery — covered with or having many flowers.
• fustian — a stout fabric of cotton and flax.
• high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
• highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
• inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
• loudmouthed — loud, gossipy, or indiscreet; vociferous.
• magniloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty or grandiose style; pompous; bombastic; boastful.
• orotund — (of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearness.
• ostentatious — characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
• overblown — (of a flower) past the stage of full bloom; more than full-blown: an overblown rose.
• ranting — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
• rhetorical — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
• sonorous — giving out or capable of giving out a sound, especially a deep, resonant sound, as a thing or place: a sonorous cavern.
• stuffed shirt — a pompous, self-satisfied, and inflexible person.
• swollen — a past participle of swell.
• tumid — swollen, or affected with swelling, as a part of the body.
• turgid — swollen; distended; tumid.
• verbose — characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy: a verbose report.
• windbag — Informal. an empty, voluble, pretentious talker.
• windy — accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.
• wordy — characterized by or given to the use of many, or too many, words; verbose: She grew impatient at his wordy reply.
• baroque — Baroque architecture and art is an elaborate style of architecture and art that was popular in Europe in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
• decorative — Something that is decorative is intended to look pretty or attractive.
• flamboyant — strikingly bold or brilliant; showy: flamboyant colors.
• ornate — elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa.
• busy — A busy time is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do.
• embellished — Simple past tense and past participle of embellish.
• figurative — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
• fussy — excessively busy with trifles; anxious or particular about petty details.
• luscious — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
• ornamental — used or grown for ornament: ornamental plants.
• ornamented — (of a character) highly embellished or ornate; altered by embellishment.
• pretentious — characterized by assumption of dignity or importance, especially when exaggerated or undeserved: a pretentious, self-important waiter.
• rich — having wealth or great possessions; abundantly supplied with resources, means, or funds; wealthy: a rich man; a rich nation.
• bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
• diffuse — to pour out and spread, as a fluid.
• euphemistic — Using or of the nature of a euphemism.
• fancy — imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
• florid — reddish; ruddy; rosy: a florid complexion.
• overwrought — extremely or excessively excited or agitated: to become overwrought on hearing bad news; an overwrought personality.
• prolix — extended to great, unnecessary, or tedious length; long and wordy.