declamatory
Americanadjective
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pertaining to or characterized by declamation.
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merely oratorical or rhetorical; stilted.
a pompous, declamatory manner of speech.
adjective
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relating to or having the characteristics of a declamation
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merely rhetorical; empty and bombastic
Other Word Forms
- declamatorily adverb
- nondeclamatory adjective
- superdeclamatory adjective
- undeclamatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of declamatory
1575–85; < Latin dēclāmātōrius, equivalent to dēclāmā ( re ) ( declaim ) + -tōrius -tory 1
Example Sentences
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These sound particularly good in Morgan’s mouth, with his non-actory, declamatory way of speaking.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
The draft feels like a café napkin sketch: schematic and brutally declamatory — the dialogue a parody of existentialist theater shouted through a bullhorn.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2023
And he does so in an increasingly declamatory rather than melodic mode, never more than in Rienzi’s Act V prayer, “Allmächt’ger Vater.”
From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2022
Aldridge favored a relatively realistic approach — a striking contrast to the more declamatory, posturing star turns then in vogue.
From Washington Post • Jun. 21, 2022
She improves every day; she is ridding herself little by little of her declamatory style, and making great strides towards natural acting.
From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel
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