Synonyms of the word orotund


OROTUNDBOMBASTIC - DECLAMATORY - FULL - LARGE - PEAR-SHAPED - RHETORICAL - ROTUND - ROUND - TUMID - TURGID

orotund

  • adj. Characterized by fullness, clarity, strength, and smoothness of sound.
  • adj. Pompous; bombastic.

bombastic

  • adj. (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms;…
  • adj. High-sounding but with little meaning.
  • adj. (archaic) Inflated, overfilled.

declamatory

  • adj. Having the quality of a declamation.
  • adj. Pretentiously lofty in style; bombastic.

full

  • adj. Containing the maximum possible amount of that which can fit in the space available.
  • adj. Complete; with nothing omitted.
  • adj. Total, entire.
  • adj. (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
  • adj. Of a garment, of a size that is ample, wide, or having ample folds or pleats to be comfortable.
  • adj. Having depth and body; rich.
  • adj. (obsolete) Having the mind filled with ideas; stocked with knowledge; stored with information.
  • adj. Having the attention, thoughts, etc., absorbed in any matter, and the feelings more or less excited by…
  • adj. Filled with emotions.
  • adj. (obsolete) Impregnated; made pregnant.
  • adj. (poker, postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
  • adv. (archaic) Quite; thoroughly; completely; exactly; entirely.
  • n. Utmost measure or extent; highest state or degree; the state, position, or moment of fullness; fill.
  • n. (of the moon) The phase of the moon when it is entire face is illuminated, full moon.
  • n. (freestyle skiing) An aerialist maneuver consisting of a backflip in conjunction and simultaneous with…
  • v. (of the moon) To become full or wholly illuminated.
  • v. (transitive) To baptise.
  • v. To make cloth denser and firmer by soaking, beating and pressing, to waulk, walk.

large

  • adj. Of considerable or relatively great size or extent.
  • adj. (obsolete) Abundant; ample.
  • adj. (archaic) Full in statement; diffuse; profuse.
  • adj. (obsolete) Free; unencumbered.
  • adj. (obsolete) Unrestrained by decorum; said of language.
  • adj. (nautical) Crossing the line of a ship's course in a favorable direction; said of the wind when it is…
  • n. (music, obsolete) An old musical note, equal to two longas, four breves, or eight semibreves.
  • n. (obsolete) Liberality, generosity.
  • n. (slang, plural: large) A thousand dollars/pounds.
  • n. A large serving of something.

pear-shaped

  • adj. Having a shape or cross-section like the cross-section of a pear.

rhetorical

  • adj. Part of or similar to rhetoric, the use of language as a means to persuade.
  • adj. Not earnest, or presented only for the purpose of an argument.

rotund

  • adj. Having a round or spherical shape; circular; orbicular.
  • adj. Round in body shape; portly or plump; podgy.
  • adj. (of a sound) Full and rich; orotund; sonorous; full-toned.

round

  • adj. (physical) Shape.
  • adj. Complete, whole, not lacking.
  • adj. (of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
  • adj. (linguistics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together.
  • adj. Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing.
  • adj. Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
  • adj. Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
  • adj. Large in magnitude.
  • n. A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
  • n. A circular or repetitious route.
  • n. A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
  • n. A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
  • n. A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
  • n. A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
  • n. One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
  • n. (art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
  • n. A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical…
  • n. (sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing…
  • n. (sports) A stage in a competition.
  • n. (sports) In some sports, e.g. golf or showjumping: one complete way around the course.
  • n. (engineering, drafting, CAD) A rounded relief or cut at an edge, especially an outside edge, added for…
  • n. A strip of material with a circular face that covers an edge, gap, or crevice for decorative, sanitary,…
  • n. (butchery) The hindquarters of a bovine.
  • n. (dated) A rung, as of a ladder.
  • n. A crosspiece that joins and braces the legs of a chair.
  • n. A series of changes or events ending where it began; a series of like events recurring in continuance;…
  • n. A course of action or conduct performed by a number of persons in turn, or one after another, as if seated…
  • n. A series of duties or tasks which must be performed in turn, and then repeated.
  • n. A circular dance.
  • n. Rotation, as in office; succession.
  • n. A general discharge of firearms by a body of troops in which each soldier fires once.
  • n. An assembly; a group; a circle.
  • n. A brewer's vessel in which the fermentation is concluded, the yeast escaping through the bunghole.
  • n. (archaic) A vessel filled, as for drinking.
  • n. (nautical) A round-top.
  • n. A round of beef.
  • prep. (rare in US) Alternative form of around.
  • adv. Alternative form of around.
  • v. (transitive) To shape something into a curve.
  • v. (intransitive) To become shaped into a curve.
  • v. (with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out.
  • v. (intransitive) To approximate a number, especially a decimal number by the closest whole number.
  • v. (transitive) To turn past a boundary.
  • v. (intransitive) To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
  • v. (transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
  • v. (transitive) To go round, pass, go past.
  • v. To encircle; to encompass.
  • v. To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.
  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To go or turn round; to wheel about.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To speak in a low tone; whisper; speak…
  • v. (transitive, archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) To address or speak to in a whisper, utter…
  • n. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A whisper; whispering.
  • n. (archaic or dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Discourse; song.

tumid

  • adj. swollen, enlarged, bulging.
  • adj. cancerous, unhealthy.
  • adj. pompous, bombastic.

turgid

  • adj. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
  • adj. (of language or style) Overly complex and difficult to understand; grandiloquent; bombastic.

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