Synonyms of declamatory

declamatory

adjective

as in rhetorical

formal expressing feelings or opinions in a way that is loud and forceful

Her declamatory manner of speech inspired some but irritated others.

declamatory speeches/statements

Related Words

• rhetorical
• eloquent
• stately
• graceful
• bombastic
• aristocratic
• oratorical
• grandiloquent
• refined
• florid
• grandiose
• formal
• pretentious
• flowery
• pompous
• stilted
• fine
• majestic
• cultured
• affected
• lofty
• literary
• high-flown
• towering
• elevated
• highfalutin
• courtly
• educated
• grammatical
• Attic
• correct
• tasteful
• classy
• patrician
• proper
• genteel
• academic
• learned
• bookish

Dissimilar Words

• informal
• conversational
• colloquial
• slangy
• casual
• vernacular
• vulgar
• coarse
• unliterary
• nonformal
• crude
• uncouth
• common
• gross
• indecent
• rude
• rough
• unpolished
• tasteless
• crass
• unrefined
• uncultivated
• uncultured
• lowbrow
• incorrect
• ungrammatical
• substandard
• rough-hewn
• uneducated
• unlearned
• low
• unbookish
• undignified
• ill-bred
• lowbred
• ineloquent

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of declamatory

Indeed, the narrator is resigned to death—if not the declamatory death of her friend in the lecture hall, at least the fact of death happening elsewhere, on the global stage. — Maya Binyam, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

These sound particularly good in Morgan’s mouth, with his non-actory, declamatory way of speaking. — Television Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026

The music is stark, declamatory, and ironic in its use of gentler major-key harmonies for some of the darkest lines. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025

The main theme, a declamatory seven-note figure, later becomes the basis for a fantastical cadenza on vibraphone, played poetically by Yeh. — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 31 May 2024