declamatory

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

Equivalent to declaim + -atory.

Poetry, for purposes of public entertainment, is mainly read in the free, declamatory style. — The Beginnings of Poetry, Francis Barton Gummere
His epistle of Eloisa to Abelard is declamatory and academic, and leaves the reader cold. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
His tone was loud yet not declamatory, at first in a grumbling, grandfatherly, half-humorous, querulous accent that riveted every ear instantly. — The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan, Thomas, Jr. Dixon

bombastic, large, orotund, tumid, turgid

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