DECLAMATORY Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

declamatory

adjective

Definition of declamatory

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

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Recent Examples of declamatory 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 See All Example Sentences for declamatory

Recent Examples of Synonyms for declamatory

Adjective

Aristotle was the first to systematically study the power of metaphor as a rhetorical device.

— Richard Yanowitch, Mercury News, 29 July 2026
For more than two centuries, highlighting Washington’s antislavery bona fides has functioned as a politically convenient rhetorical tool.

— John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026

Definition of rhetorical

Adjective

What’s far more eloquent is the episode with the witch Circe (a terrific Samantha Morton), whose habit of tricking and transforming men into animals is rendered in evocatively physical, body-horror-esque imagery.

— Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026
After all, the eloquent document’s principal author, Thomas Jefferson, owned 600 slaves.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of eloquent

Adjective

The National Gallery has a second location, dubbed the House of Collections, in a stately white heritage building originally constructed in 1908 to house the country’s national library, archives and natural history collections.

— Carolyn Heller, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
In fact, Burj Al Babas was planned as a luxurious, stately urban development offering the look of royal living for anyone willing to shell out anywhere from $370,000 to $500,000 for their own little palace.

— Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 16 July 2026

Definition of stately

Adjective

Roman designer Ludovica Malagò, who cofounded Studio Malià with Gaia Rebecchini, demonstrates one graceful way to do so in this recent project.

— Francesca Longoni, Architectural Digest, 18 July 2026
Liu dazzled audiences with her graceful moves and flawless tricks on the ice.

— Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 16 July 2026

Definition of graceful

Adjective

This bombastic rhetoric echoes an inherent feeling of frustration in Russia over the failure to segregate Ukraine from the West.

— Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
Some of these movies manage to hold viewers’ attention with bombastic action scenes that command focus on a big screen.

— Isabel Fattal, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026

Definition of bombastic

Adjective

Letizia is the first person with a non-aristocratic background to marry into the Spanish royal family and become queen, according to TIME.

— Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026
The Hotel Due Mari, a 17th-century aristocratic villa formerly owned by the marquesses of Bolasco, sits between Sestri’s two bays.

— Catherine Sabino, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026

Definition of aristocratic

Adjective

That wasn’t Newsom’s only oratorical slip-up, although the second one says more about the larger Democratic Party than anything else.

— Douglas Schoen, Oc Register, 26 Feb. 2026
With his height and his oratorical flourishes, Jackson was a charismatic figure who led protests in Greensboro.

— Johanna Neuman, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2026

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