used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.

marked by or tending to use bombast.

of, concerned with, or having the nature of rhetoric.

adjective

concise

adjective

articulate , aureate , bombastic , declamatory , eloquent , embellished , euphuistic , exaggerated , flamboyant , flashy * , florid , fluent , glib * , grand , grandiloquent , grandiose , high-flown , hyperbolic , imposing , inflated , magniloquent , mouthy , oratorical , ornate , ostentatious , overblown , overdone , overwrought , pompous , pretentious , showy , silver-tongued , sonorous , stilted , swollen , tumescent , tumid , turgid , verbose , vocal , voluble , windy * , elocutionary , flowery , fustian , high-sounding , orotund , figurative , forensic , wordy