grandiloquent vs overblown what difference

what is difference between grandiloquent and overblown

English

Etymology

From Middle French grandiloquent, from Latin grandiloquus, from grandis (“great, full”) + loquēns, present participle of loquor (“I speak”). Compare eloquent.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ɡɹænˈdɪl.ə.kwənt/

Adjective

grandiloquent (comparative more grandiloquent, superlative most grandiloquent)

1. (of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive amount of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid

Synonyms

• (overly wordy or elaborate): See Thesaurus:verbose

Related terms

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grandiloquus, remodelled after éloquent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁɑ̃.di.lɔ.kɑ̃/

Adjective

grandiloquent (feminine singular grandiloquente, masculine plural grandiloquents, feminine plural grandiloquentes)

1. grandiloquent

   Synonym: pompeux

Related terms

• grandiloquence

Further reading

• “grandiloquent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊn

Adjective

overblown (comparative more overblown, superlative most overblown)

1. Of exaggerated importance; too heavily emphasized, hyped, etc.

   They went all that way just to be in some overblown conference?

Synonyms

• inflated

Translations

Verb

overblown

1. past participle of overblow

Anagrams

• blown over

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