grandiloquence

/ɡrænˈdɪləkwəns/ (bre, ipa) · /ɡrænˈdɪləkwəns/ (ame, ipa) · /gran-ˈdi-lə-kwən(t)s/ (ame, mw)

grandiloquence — 名詞

1. a way of speaking or writing that relies on fancy, drawn-out words and showy phr

1.名詞C2
釋義

浮誇辭藻

賣弄華麗辭藻以求顯赫的言談風格

a way of speaking or writing that relies on fancy, drawn-out words and showy phrases, used by someone trying to sound important or to win admiration rather than to make the meaning clear.

例句

The senator's grandiloquence about freedom and destiny left the audience polite but unmoved.

那位參議員關於自由與命運的誇誇其談，讓觀眾雖然有禮，卻無動於衷。

abstract nouns as objects of admiration in formal political speech

Astrid found the wedding speech full of grandiloquence but empty of real warmth.

Astrid 覺得這場婚禮致詞滿是浮誇辭藻，卻沒有真心的暖意。

common collocation: full of grandiloquence

同義詞
  • bombast

    near-synonym; equally pejorative, slightly more colloquial

  • pomposity

    focuses on the speaker's self-importance more than the language itself

  • magniloquence

    very close in meaning but even rarer; both come from the same Latin root

  • verbosity

    wordiness in general; not necessarily showy or self-important

反義詞

用法筆記

Almost always pejorative — speakers use 'grandiloquence' to criticise overblown language, not to praise it. Frequently used with 'of', 'full of', or as the object of verbs like 'cut', 'avoid', 'reject'.

常見錯誤

❌I loved her grandiloquence at the party.
✅I loved her eloquence at the party.
💡grandiloquence is negative (showy, empty); eloquence is positive (clear and moving).