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View synonyms for declamatory

declamatory

[ dih-klam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characterized by declamation.
  2. merely oratorical or rhetorical; stilted:

    a pompous, declamatory manner of speech.



declamatory

/ dɪˈklæmətərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

  1. relating to or having the characteristics of a declamation
  2. merely rhetorical; empty and bombastic
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • deˈclamatorily, adverb
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Other Words From

  • nonde·clama·tory adjective
  • super·de·clama·tory adjective
  • unde·clama·tory adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of declamatory1

1575–85; < Latin dēclāmātōrius, equivalent to dēclāmā ( re ) ( declaim ) + -tōrius -tory 1
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Example Sentences

Singing in an alternately declamatory and crooning baritone, Mr. Keith cultivated a boisterous, in-your-face persona with recordings like “I Wanna Talk About Me” and “Beer for My Horses.”

That starts with the declamatory choice to populate historically white genres with predominantly Black casts.

Hilson’s performance is of a different register than most of the rest of the cast — haltingly realistic in an otherwise declamatory play.

The characters speak in dramatic, declamatory French, as if in a 19th-century play, and their costumes range from corseted dresses and shabby tailcoats to power suits and leather jackets.

The draft feels like a café napkin sketch: schematic and brutally declamatory — the dialogue a parody of existentialist theater shouted through a bullhorn.

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