declamatory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite ostentatiously lofty in style
    tumid; bombastic; orotund; large; turgid.
    • a man given to large talk
    • tumid political prose

WordNet

De*clam"a*to*ry adjective
Etymology
L. declamatorius: cf. F. déclamatoire.
Definitions
  1. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.
  2. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.

Webster 1913