declamatory
/di'klæmətəri/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Characterized by or given to rhetorical display; overly dramatic or bombastic in style: Describes speech or writing that is excessively emotional, theatrical, or intended to impress an audience, often at the expense of sincerity or substance.
- Relating to or resembling a formal public speech or recitation: Pertaining to a style suited for oratory or dramatic reading.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- The politician's declamatory speech was full of grand gestures but offered few concrete solutions.
- Her writing style is often criticized as being too declamatory and lacking in nuance.
- He adopted a declamatory tone to recite the famous soliloquy.
Advanced Usage
- "Declamatory rhetoric": A style of persuasive speaking or writing that is marked by strong, passionate, and often exaggerated emotional appeals.
- The debate was won not by facts but by the candidate's skillful use of declamatory rhetoric.
- "In a declamatory manner": Performing an action, especially speaking, with a theatrical or oratorical style.
- The actor delivered the lines in a declamatory manner, filling the theater with his voice.
Variants and Related Words
- Declaim (verb): To utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if addressing an audience.
- The poet would declaim his verses in the town square.
- Declamation (noun): The action or art of declaiming; a rhetorical exercise or set speech.
- The school's elocution competition focused on the declamation of historical speeches.
Synonyms
- Bombastic: High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.
- Grandiloquent: Pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner.
- Orotund: (Of a voice) Full, strong, and deep; (of speech or writing) pompous or pretentious.
- Turgid: Swollen and distended or congested; (of language) pompous or bombastic.
Antonyms
- Restrained: Characterized by reserve or moderation; not excessive or emotional.
- Understated: Presented or expressed in a subtle and effective way.
- Laconic: Using very few words.
- Plainspoken: Speaking in a direct, honest manner without embellishment.
Related Phrases and Concepts
- Purple prose: Writing that is so extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw excessive attention to itself.
- The novel's first chapter was dismissed by critics as mere purple prose.
- Platform manner: The style or technique used by a speaker when addressing an audience from a platform, which can sometimes become declamatory.
- His platform manner was more suited to a revivalist preacher than a university lecturer.
Adjective
- ostentatiously lofty in style
- a man given to large talk
- tumid political prose