rhetorical (adj.)
- affected
- articulate
- artificial
- aureate
- bombastic
- chichi
- contrived
- convoluted
- declamatory
- elevated
- elocutionary
- eloquent
- embellished
- exaggerated
- expressive
- extravagant
- flamboyant
- flaming
- flashy
- florid
- flowery
- fluent
- forensic
- fulsome
- garish
- gassy
- gaudy
- glib
- grand
- grandiloquent
- grandiose
- high-flown
- high-sounding
- highfalutin
- imposing
- inflated
- labyrinthine
- linguistic
- lofty
- long-winded
- lurid
- magniloquent
- meretricious
- oratorical
- ornate
- orotund
- ostentatious
- overblown
- overdone
- overwrought
- pedantic
- poetic
- pompous
- pretentious
- prolix
- purple
- sensational
- sensationalistic
- sententious
- sesquipedalian
- showy
- sonorous
- stilted
- stylistic
- swollen
- tall
- tortuous
- tumescent
- tumid
- turgid
- unanswerable
- vocal
- voluble
- windy
- wordy
