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Synonyms & Antonyms of sententious
1
marked by or given to preaching moral values
- a sententious crank who has written countless letters to the editor about the decline in family values
Synonyms for sententious
- didactic,
- homiletic
- (or homiletical),
- moralistic,
- moralizing,
- preachy,
- sermonic
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2
marked by the use of few words to convey much information or meaning
- memoirs that are filled with sententious observations on love, marriage, and happiness
Synonyms for sententious
- aphoristic,
- apothegmatic,
- brief,
- capsule,
- compact,
- compendious,
- concise,
- crisp,
- curt,
- elliptical
- (or elliptic),
- epigrammatic,
- laconic,
- monosyllabic,
- pithy,
- succinct,
- summary,
- telegraphic,
- terse,
- thumbnail
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The first known use of sententious was in 1509
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