Synonyms of orotund

orotund

adjective

1

as in ringing

marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones

the tenor's orotund voice was just what this soaring aria needs

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ringing
• round
• sonorous
• reverberant
• rotund
• resonant
• loud
• vibrant
• reverberating
• plangent
• mellow
• golden
• mellifluous
• powerful
• resounding
• stentorian
• deep
• rich
• reverberative
• mellifluent
• thunderous
• plummy
• thundering
• full

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hollow
• cavernous
• soft
• low
• muted
• weak
• murmurous
• faint
• thin
• tinny
• smothered

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• hollow
• cavernous
• soft
• low
• muted
• weak
• murmurous
• faint
• thin
• tinny
• smothered

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2

as in rhetoric

marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases

a master of the orotund prose that is favored by academic journals of literary criticism

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rhetoric
• rhetorical
• grandiloquent
• pontifical
• fustian
• bombastic
• inflated
• flatulent
• oratorical
• gaseous
• tumid
• gassy
• florid
• turgid
• ornate
• pompous
• hifalutin
• windy
• grandiose
• high-flown
• flowery
• stilted
• highfalutin
• lofty
• pretentious
• high-sounding
• verbose
• bloated
• wordy
• elevated
• overdone

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• eloquent
• unadorned
• plain
• unrhetorical
• bald
• plainspoken
• unpretentious
• straightforward
• direct
• simple
• unaffected
• stark
• well-spoken
• matter-of-fact

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• eloquent
• unadorned
• plain
• unrhetorical
• bald
• plainspoken
• unpretentious
• straightforward
• direct
• simple
• unaffected
• stark
• well-spoken
• matter-of-fact

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