sententious
a . 简洁的,警句的,富于格言的
简洁的,警句的,富於格言的
sententious adj 1 :
abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing ; "
too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation "-
Kathleen Barnes 2 :
concise and full of meaning ; "
welcomed her pithy comments ";
"
the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams "-
Hervey Allen [
synonym : {
pithy },
{
sententious }]
Sententious \
Sen *
ten "
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a .[
L .
sentenciosus :
cf .
F .
sentencieux .]
1 .
Abounding with sentences ,
axioms ,
and maxims ;
full of meaning ;
terse and energetic in expression ;
pithy ;
as ,
a sententious style or discourse ;
sententious truth .
[
1913 Webster ]
How he apes his sire ,
Ambitiously sententious ! --
Addison .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
Comprising or representing sentences ;
sentential . [
Obs .]
"
Sententious marks ." --
Grew .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Sen *
ten "
tious *
ly },
adv . --
{
Sen *
ten "
tious *
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
150 Moby Thesaurus words for "
sententious ":
Gongoresque ,
Johnsonian ,
Spartan ,
abbreviated ,
abridged ,
admonitory ,
advisory ,
affected ,
allegorical ,
aphoristic ,
aposiopestic ,
associational ,
axiomatic ,
bedizened ,
big -
sounding ,
brief ,
brusque ,
cautionary ,
clipped ,
close ,
compact ,
compendious ,
compressed ,
concise ,
condensed ,
connotational ,
connotative ,
consultative ,
consultatory ,
contracted ,
convoluted ,
crisp ,
curt ,
cut ,
declamatory ,
definable ,
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denotative ,
didactic ,
directive ,
docked ,
elevated ,
elliptic ,
eloquent ,
epigrammatic ,
euphuistic ,
exhortative ,
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expostulative ,
expostulatory ,
expressive ,
extended ,
extensional ,
facund ,
figurative ,
flamboyant ,
flaming ,
flashy ,
flaunting ,
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formulistic ,
full of meaning ,
full of point ,
full of substance ,
fulsome ,
garish ,
gaudy ,
gnomic ,
grandiloquent ,
grandiose ,
grandisonant ,
high -
flowing ,
high -
flown ,
high -
flying ,
high -
sounding ,
highfalutin ,
hortative ,
hortatory ,
indicative ,
inkhorn ,
instructive ,
intelligible ,
intensional ,
interpretable ,
labyrinthine ,
laconic ,
lexiphanic ,
lofty ,
lurid ,
magniloquent ,
meaning ,
meaningful ,
meaty ,
meretricious ,
metaphorical ,
monitorial ,
monitory ,
moralistic ,
orotund ,
ostentatious ,
overdone ,
overelaborate ,
overinvolved ,
overwrought ,
pedantic ,
piquant ,
pithy ,
platitudinous ,
pointed ,
pompous ,
preachy ,
pregnant ,
pretentious ,
proverbial ,
pruned ,
pungent ,
readable ,
recommendatory ,
referential ,
remonstrant ,
remonstrative ,
remonstratory ,
reserved ,
rhetorical ,
rich ,
sensational ,
sensationalistic ,
short ,
short and sweet ,
shortened ,
showy ,
significant ,
significative ,
sonorous ,
stilted ,
substantial ,
succinct ,
suggestive ,
summary ,
symbolic ,
synopsized ,
taciturn ,
tall ,
terse ,
tight ,
to the point ,
tortuous ,
transferred ,
truncated ,
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