declamatory

C2 Topic:Communication

US /dɪˈklæməˌtɔri/ UK /dɪˈklæmətri/ See IPA manual

Freq #367886

Meanings

1

adj
delivered in the forceful, formal manner of a public speech or recitation

The actor adopted a declamatory tone for the general's final address.
2

adj
pompously or pretentiously lofty in expression

The essay's declamatory style made a modest proposal sound like a national crisis.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · delivered in the forceful,... oratoricalrhetoricalrhetoric-laden

2 adj · pompously or pretentiously... bombastic grandiloquent pompoushigh-flown

Opposites

conversational understatedplainspoken

Word family

Derived forms declamatorinessundeclamatory

Related forms declaim declamation oratory rhetoric

Etymology

Formed from declaim or declamation + -atory. Declaim comes through French from Latin declamare, 'practice public speaking; speak rhetorically,' from de- as an intensifier + clamare, 'cry out.' The neutral oratorical sense developed a frequent critical implication of bombast.

Topics

Communication

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# declamatory

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /dɪˈklæməˌtɔri/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪˈklæmətri/
**Frequency rank:** 367886

## Meanings
1. delivered in the forceful, formal manner of a public speech or recitation
2. pompously or pretentiously lofty in expression

## Examples
- The actor adopted a declamatory tone for the general's final address.
- The essay's declamatory style made a modest proposal sound like a national crisis.

## Synonyms
- oratorical
- rhetorical
- bombastic
- grandiloquent
- pompous
- high-flown

## Antonyms
- conversational
- understated
- plainspoken

## Derived Forms
- declamatoriness
- undeclamatory

## Related Forms
- declaim
- declamation
- oratory
- rhetoric

## Etymology
Formed from declaim or declamation + -atory. Declaim comes through French from Latin declamare, 'practice public speaking; speak rhetorically,' from de- as an intensifier + clamare, 'cry out.' The neutral oratorical sense developed a frequent critical implication of bombast.

## Topics
- Communication

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