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Declamatory definition

dĭ-klămə-tôrē
Having the quality of a declamation.
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Marked by passion or pomposity; bombastic.
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Pretentiously rhetorical; bombastic.
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Of, or characterized by, declaiming.
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Having the quality of a declamation.
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Origin of declamatory

  • declaim +‎ -atory

    From Wiktionary

Declamatory Sentence Examples

  • He was educated at the seminary of Quebec, where he developed the gift of declamatory and persuasive oratory.

  • It shows, though in rather a diffuse and declamatory form, that application of wide historical knowledge, keen philosophical perception, and genuine eloquence to a practical purpose which was the great characteristic of Mirabeau, both as a political thinker and as a statesman.

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