Definition of declamatory Declamatory

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We found 5 definitions of declamatory from 3 different sources.

What does declamatory mean?

Adjective
declamatory - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
		bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid
		rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"

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declamatory (a.)
Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.
declamatory (a.)
Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.