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Self-inflated
Aureate
Bombastic
Declamatory
Euphuism
Fustian
Grandiloquent
Magniloquent
Oration
Oratory
Orotund
Overblown
Pontifical
Portentous
Pretentious
Rhetorical
Stagy
Stilted
Tumid
Turgid
Vainglorious
- Aureate: Of a golden color; gilded; Inflated and pompous in style
- Bombastic: speech or writing that is meant to sound important or impressive but is not sincere or meaningful; ostentatiously lofty in style
- Declamatory: merely rhetorical; empty and bombastic
- Euphuism: An affectedly elegant literary style of the late 16th and early 17th centuries, characterized by elaborate alliteration, antitheses, and similes; affected elegance of language
- Fustian: Pretentious speech or writing; pompous language
- Grandiloquent: Pompous or bombastic speech or expression; puffed up with vanity
- Magniloquent: Lofty and extravagant in speech; grandiloquent.
- Oration: A speech delivered in a high-flown or pompous manner
- Oratory: Eloquence or skill in making speeches to the public; Public speaking marked by the use of overblown rhetoric
- Orotund: (of the voice) resonant; booming; (of speech or writing) bombastic; pompous
- Overblown: Done to excess; overdone; Full of empty or pretentious language; bombastic
- Pompous: Characterized by excessive self-esteem or exaggerated dignity; pretentious; Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic
- Pontifical: of, relating to, or characteristic of a pontiff, the pope, or a bishop; Pompously dogmatic or self-important; pretentious.
- Portentous: of momentous or ominous significance; miraculous, amazing, or awe-inspiring; prodigious; self-important or pompous
- Pretentious: Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified; Making or marked by an extravagant outward show; ostentatious
- Rhetorical: concerned with effect or style rather than content or meaning; bombastic
- Stagy: Having a theatrical, especially an artificial or affected, character or quality
- Stilted: artificially formal ; (of speech, writing, etc.) formal, pompous, or bombastic
- Tumid: Swollen; distended, protuberant; Overblown; bombastic; pompous or fulsome
- Turgid: Swollen or distended, as from a fluid; bloated; Excessively ornate or complex in style or language; grandiloquent
- Vainglorious: Characterized by or exhibiting excessive vanity; boastful.
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Academically Pompous
Donnish
Pedantic
- Donnish: marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects
- Pedantic: Characterized by a narrow, often ostentatious concern for book learning and formal rules
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Cheaply Showy
Garish
Gaudy
Gimcrack
Meretricious
Tawdry
- Garish: Marked by strident color or excessive ornamentation; gaudy; Loud and flashy
- Gaudy: Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way.
- Gimcrack: A cheap and showy object of little or no use; a gewgaw
- Meretricious: Attracting attention in a vulgar manner
- Tawdry: Gaudy and cheap in nature or appearance
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Petty Arguments
Brabble
Cavil
Niggle
Pettifoggery
Quibble
Quiddity
Squabble
- Brabble: argue over petty things
- Cavil: To find fault unnecessarily; raise trivial objections
- Niggle: To be preoccupied with trifles or petty details
- Pettifoggery: a quarrel about petty points
- Quibble: To evade the truth or importance of an issue by raising trivial distinctions and objections; To find fault or criticize for petty reasons; cavil
- Quiddity: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections; the essence that makes something the kind of thing it is and makes it different from any other
- Squabble: A noisy quarrel, usually about a trivial matter.
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Ancestry
Akin
Cognate
Consanguine
Primogenitor
Progenitor
Scion
- Akin: Of the same kin; related by blood; Having a similar quality or character; analogous
- Cognate: Related by blood; having a common ancestor; A word related to one in another language
- Consanguine: Of the same lineage or origin; having a common ancestor
- Primogenitor: the earliest ancestor; an ancestor in the direct line
- Progenitor: A direct ancestor; An originator; a founder
- Scion: A descendant or heir
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Family (misc)
Distaff
Filial
Fratricide
- Distaff: characteristic of or peculiar to a woman
- Filial: Having or assuming the relationship of child or offspring to parent
- Fratricide: The killing of one's brother or sister.
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Marriage
Conjugal
Connubial
Endogamous
Hymeneal
Matrimony
Nupital
- Conjugal: Of or relating to marriage or the relationship of spouses
- Connubial: Relating to marriage or the married state; conjugal
- Endogamous: pertaining to or characterized by the custom of marrying only within the limits of a clan or tribe
- Hymeneal: Of or related to a wedding or marriage; A wedding song or poem
- Matrimony: The act or state of being married; marriage
- Nupital: Of or relating to marriage or the wedding ceremony or alt. at mating season
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Favoring/Not Impartial
Biased
Bigotry
Chauvinism
Doctrinaire
Ethnocentrism
Invidious
Jingoism
Jaundiced
Partial
Partisan
Prejudiced
Prepossessed
Tendentious
Xenophobia
- Biased: favoring one person or side over another
- Bigotry: obtuse or narrow-minded intolerance, especially of other races or religions
- Chauvinism: Prejudiced belief in the superiority of one's own gender, group, or kind
- Doctrinaire: A person inflexibly attached to a practice or theory without regard to its practicality Ethnocentrism: Belief in the superiority of one's own ethnic group.
- Invidious: Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment; containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
- Jingoism: Extreme nationalism characterized especially by a belligerent foreign policy; chauvinistic patriotism
- Jaundiced: Affected by or exhibiting envy, prejudice, or hostility
- Partial: Favoring one person or side over another or others; biased or prejudiced; Having a particular liking or fondness for something or someone
- Partisan: Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause
- Prejudiced: An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge or examination of the facts; Irrational suspicion or hatred of a particular group, race, or religion
- Prepossessed: To influence beforehand against or in favor of someone or something; prejudice
- Tendentious: Marked by a strong implicit point of view, esp a controversial one; partisan
- Xenophobia: an abnormal fear or hatred of foreigners and strange things
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Advocate
Apologist
Exponent
Justifier
Militant
Partisan
Proponent
Vindicator
Zealot
- Apologist: A person who argues in defense or justification of something, such as a doctrine, policy, or institution
- Exponent: One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
- Justifier: a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
- Militant: aggressive or vigorous, esp in the support of a cause
- Partisan: a fervent and even militant proponent of something
- Proponent: One who argues in support of something; an advocate
- Vindicator: a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution
- Zealot: an immoderate, fanatical, or extremely zealous adherent to a cause, esp a religious one
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Passion
Ardor/Ardent
Avidity
Elan
Fervid
Fervor
Keen
Zeal
- Ardor/Ardent: Strong enthusiasm or devotion; zeal; a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); strong positive emotion or regard and affection
- Avidity: a positive feeling of wanting to push ahead with something; eagerness; Ardent desire or craving; greed
- Elan: a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness
- Fervid: Marked by great passion or zeal
- Fervour: Great warmth and intensity of emotion.
- Keen: ardent; enthusiastic
- Zeal: Enthusiastic devotion to a cause, ideal, or goal and tireless diligence in its furtherance
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Forgive/Clear Accusation
Absolve
Acquit
Assoil
Exculpate
Exonerate
Extenuate
Palliate
Remit
Vindacte
- Absolve: To pronounce clear of guilt or blame; To relieve of a requirement or obligation
- Acquit: Law To free or clear from a charge or accusation; To release or discharge from a duty
- Assoil: To absolve; pardon; To atone for
- Exculpate: To clear of guilt or blame
- Exonerate: To free from blame; To free from a responsibility, obligation, or task
- Extenuate: To lessen or attempt to lessen the magnitude or seriousness of, especially by providing partial excuses
- Palliate: To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate; To make less severe or intense; mitigate
- Remit: release from (claims, debts, or taxes); forgive; make slack as by lessening tension or firmness
- Vindicate: To clear of accusation, blame, suspicion, or doubt with supporting arguments or proof
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Repayment for Wrong
Aby/Abye
Amends
Atone
Compensate
Expiate
Redress
Indemnity
Propitiation
Quittance
Reparation
Restitution
Requite
- Aby/Abye: to pay the penalty for; redeem
- Amends: something done or paid in expiation of a wrong
- Atone: To make amends, as for a sin or fault
- Compensate: To make satisfactory payment or reparation to; recompense or reimburse
- Expiate: To make amends or reparation for; atone
- Redress: To set right; remedy or rectify; To make amends to; to put right (a wrong), esp by compensation; make reparation for
- Indemnity: A legal exemption from liability for damages; Compensation for damage, loss, or injury suffered
- Propitiation: the act of placating and overcoming distrust and animosity; the act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing (especially appeasing a deity)
- Quittance: Something given as requital or recompense; a repayment
- Reparation: The act or process of making amends; expiation.
- Restitution: The act of restoring to the rightful owner something that has been taken away, lost, or surrendered; compensating for loss, damage or injury; return to previous state or position
- Requite: to make return to (a person for a kindness or injury); repay with a similar action
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