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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

tending to moralize in a self-righteous manner; to pompously preach;

e.g. His sententious speech left the students with a bad taste in their mouths.

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Similar Words

Brief

Capsule

Compact

Compendious

Concise

Crisp

Curt

Didactic

Elliptical

High-toned

Hoity-toity

Laconic

Monosyllabic

Moralistic

Pithy

Preachy

Self-aggrandizing

Self-dramatizing

Succinct

Summary

Terse

Than

Thumbnail

Well-turned

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Opposite Words

Circuitous

Diffuse

Embroidered

Exaggerated

Garrulous

Inflated

Long-winded

Prolix

Rambling

Redundant

Repetitious

Tautological

Verbose

Wordy

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Related Words

Abbreviated

Abridged

Abrupt

Advisory

Affected

Blunt

Brusque

Condensed

Dogmatic

Eloquent

Enlightening

Expressive

Grandiose

Hifalutin

High-minded

Highfalutin

Holier-than-thou

Instructive

La-di-da

Meaning

Meaningful

Meaty

Ostentatious

Pompous

Pregnant

Prescriptive

Pretentious

Revealing

Revelatory

Self-righteous

Short

Significant

Snippety

Snippy

Substantial

Suggestive

Well-turned

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