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Definition of grandiloquent : Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.

Synonyms:

fateful, pontifical, overblown, pretentious, prodigious, high-flown, marvelous, tall, portentous, aureate, plain, marvellous, swollen, fustian, apostolic, study at bombastic, foreboding, words, declamatory, improbable, episcopal, apostolical, orotund, sonorous, oratorical, style, papal, ceremonious, magniloquent

fancy, high-sounding, bloated, ponderous, rhetorical, highfalutin, embellished, gilded, rococo, bombastic, florid, inflated, rich, eloquent, lofty, voluble, elaborate, baroque, flowery

loquacious, chatty, verbose, profuse, talkative, windy, effusive, garrulous, wordy

rambling, lengthy, superfluous, wandering, featherbedding, long-winded, excessive, endless

flourishing, histrionic, flagrant, snazzy, flashy, garish, boastful, opulent, exhibitionistic, vain, affected, fussy, dashing, dramatic, splashy, rakish, forced, stilted, grandiose, ostentatious, formal, pompous, gaudy, blatant, flaunting, flamboyant, sensational, shameless, ornate, jaunty, showy

Usage examples:

• She resented the question, and the tone of it, remembering his first grandiloquent letter to her. - "Delia Blanchflower", Mrs. Humphry Ward.
• To be brief, my dear Gregoriev, your 'opera'- I give it your own grandiloquent appellation, is unworthy the signature of a pupil of mine; and, after a careful reading, I feel that the greatest service I can do you is to keep the score pigeon- holed here till you are able to laugh at your wild idea of its possible performance. - "The Genius", Margaret Horton Potter.
• Victor Hugo is grandiloquent, and the others all have some serious fault or limitation. - "The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne", Frank Preston Stearns.