Vocabulary
schwülstig
· adjective
bombastic, pompous, overblown (of language or style)
Criticising how something is written or said — a speech, a love letter, a press release full of grand words: „schwülstig formuliert“.
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- Komparativ
- schwülstiger
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- am schwülstigsten
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schwülstig
bombastic, pompous, overblown (of language or style)
Die Wirtin meinte, so schwülstig habe zuletzt ein Landesrat bei der Eröffnung des Feuerwehrhauses geredet, und der sei immerhin eigens aus St. Pölten angereist.
The landlady said the last person to talk that pompously had been a member of the provincial government at the opening of the fire station, and he had, after all, come all the way from St. Pölten.
Word family
schwülstigder Schwulstbombast, overblown styledie Schwülstigkeitbombast, pomposity
Similar & opposite
≈ Synonyms
geschwollenbombastisch
↔ Opposites
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Real examples
- Die Wirtin meinte, so schwülstig habe zuletzt ein Landesrat bei der Eröffnung des Feuerwehrhauses geredet, und der sei immerhin eigens aus St. Pölten angereist.The landlady said the last person to talk that pompously had been a member of the provincial government at the opening of the fire station, and he had, after all, come all the way from St. Pölten.
- Der Liebesbrief war so schwülstig formuliert, dass sie laut lachen musste.The love letter was so overblown that she had to laugh out loud.
