Related Words for sententious

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WordSyllablesCategories
pithy
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Adjective, Adjective
concise
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Adjective, Adjective
pretentious
x/x
Adjective, Adjective
fatuous
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Adjective
aphorisms
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Noun
supercilious
xx/xx
Adjective
sanctimonious
xx/xx
Adjective
laconic
x/x
Adjective
ponderous
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Adjective
lugubrious
x/xx
Adjective
eloquent
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Adjective
sardonic
x/x
Adjective
tendentious
x/x
Adjective
erudite
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Adjective
rueful
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Adjective
reproachful
x/x
Adjective
glib
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Noun
didactic
x/x
Adjective
jocular
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Adjective
pompous
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Adjective
sonorous
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Adjective
portentous
x/x
Adjective
poetical
x/xx
Name
flippant
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Adjective
acerbic
x/x
Adjective
pious
/x
Adjective
querulous
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Adjective
wordy
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Adjective
doleful
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Adjective
trite
/
Adjective
moralistic
xx/x
Adjective
laudatory
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Adjective
anodyne
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Noun
vacuous
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Adjective
insipid
x/x
Adjective
melodramatic
xxx/x
Adjective
hackneyed
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Adjective
snide
/
Adjective
scornful
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Adjective
contemptuous
x/xx
Adjective
witty
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Adjective
mournful
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Adjective
artless
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Adjective
commonplaces
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Noun
ingenuous
x/xx
Adjective
sagacious
//x
Adjective
oracular
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Adjective
florid
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Adjective
brief
/
Adjective
compact
/x
Noun
sterile
/x
Adjective
curt
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Noun
poignant
/x
Adjective
telegraphic
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Noun
sarcastic
x/x
Adjective
smart
/
Name
trenchant
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Adjective
elliptical
x/xx
Adjective
pedantic
x/x
Adjective
meditative
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Adjective
pungent
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Adjective
scant
/
Adjective
punctilious
x/xx
Adjective
narrow
/x
Adjective
lightweight
//
Adjective
short
/
Adjective
parsimonious
xx/xx
Adjective
scholastic
x/x
Noun
intense
x/
Adjective
monosyllabic
xxx/x
Adjective
succinct
x/
Adjective
shrewd
/
Adjective
conceited
x/x
Adjective
facetious
x/x
Adjective
superficial
xx/x
Adjective
verbal
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Adjective
verbose
x/
Adjective
copious
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Adjective
pontifical
x/xx
Name
moralizing
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Noun
brevity
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Noun
maxims
/x
Noun
sayings
/x
Noun
platitudes
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Noun
couplets
/x
Noun
pronouncements
x/x
Noun
utterances
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Noun
remarks
x/
Noun
precepts
/x
Noun
phrases
/x
Noun
speeches
/x
Noun
wisdom
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Noun
reply
x/
Noun
gravity
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Noun
reflections
x/x
Noun
tone
/
Noun
rhetoric
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Noun
verses
/x
Noun
passages
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Noun
prose
/
Noun
comment
/x
Noun
bombastic
x/x
Adjective
committal
x/x
Adjective, Noun
cryptic
/x
Adjective, Noun
noncommittal
/x/x
Adjective, Noun
obscurely
x/x
Adverb
oracle
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Noun, Verb
prophetic
x/x
Adjective
solemnity
x/xx
Noun
terse
/
Adjective
uttering
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Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
literally
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Adverb
expression
x/x
Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb