What is another word for fustian?
504 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˈʌst͡ʃən], [ fˈʌstʃən], [ f_ˈʌ_s_tʃ_ə_n]
Fustian is a term that is used to describe pompous, bombastic language which is devoid of meaning. Here are some synonyms for the word fustian: verbose, grandiloquent, bombastic, flowery, florid, magniloquent, hyperbolic, high-flown, ornate, overblown. All of these words share in common a tendency towards over-exaggerated and artificial language, often used to create a false impression of intelligence or importance. While these words may occasionally be effective in certain contexts, they are generally seen as a mark of bad writing or speaking, and are best avoided if one wishes to communicate clearly and effectively to one's audience.
Synonyms for Fustian:
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adj.
• feckless • meaningless • verbose- circumlocutory ,
- full of air ,
- palaverous ,
- yacking ,
- Tautologous ,
- periphrastic ,
- repetitious ,
- repetitive ,
- tautological .
- big talking ,
- bigtalking ,
- full hot air ,
- high flown ,
- highflown ,
- loudmouthed ,
- more balderdash ,
- more big talking ,
- more big-talking ,
- more bigtalking ,
- more euphuistic ,
- more windbag ,
- most balderdash ,
- most big talking ,
- most big-talking ,
- most bigtalking ,
- most euphuistic ,
- most windbag ,
- over blown ,
- over-blown .
- more euphistic ,
- more tall talking ,
- more tall-talking ,
- more talltalking ,
- most euphistic ,
- most tall talking ,
- most tall-talking ,
- most talltalking ,
- tall talking ,
- talltalking .
- full voiced ,
- fullvoiced ,
- high sounding ,
- highsounding ,
- loud voiced ,
- loudvoiced ,
- more full voiced ,
- more full-voiced ,
- more fullvoiced ,
- more loud voiced ,
- more loud-voiced ,
- more loudvoiced ,
- more reverberating ,
- more thundering ,
- most full voiced ,
- most full-voiced ,
- most fullvoiced ,
- most loud voiced ,
- most loud-voiced ,
- most loudvoiced ,
- most reverberating ,
- most thundering ,
- re sounding ,
- re-sounding .
- dis tended ,
- dis-tended ,
- ex tended ,
- ex-tended ,
- filled ,
- more aggrandized ,
- more amplified ,
- more augmented ,
- more dilated ,
- more dropsical ,
- more magnified ,
- more overestimated ,
- more rhapsodical ,
- more spread ,
- more stretched ,
- more surcharged ,
- most aggrandized ,
- most amplified ,
- most augmented ,
- most dilated ,
- most dropsical ,
- most magnified ,
- most overestimated ,
- most rhapsodical ,
- most spread ,
- most stretched ,
- most surcharged ,
- over estimated ,
- over-estimated ,
- sur charged ,
- sur-charged .
- de signless ,
- de-signless ,
- in discriminate ,
- in-discriminate ,
- more designless ,
- more drifting ,
- more floundering ,
- more goalless ,
- more motiveless ,
- more undirected ,
- more unhelpful ,
- most designless ,
- most drifting ,
- most floundering ,
- most goalless ,
- most motiveless ,
- most undirected ,
- most unhelpful ,
- un directed ,
- un helpful ,
- un necessary ,
- un planned ,
- un profitable ,
- un-directed ,
- un-helpful ,
- un-necessary ,
- un-planned ,
- un-profitable ,
- uncalled for .
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n.
• artifact • balderdash • blah- blah .
Other synonyms:
- Orotundity ,
- aureate ,
- grandiloquence ,
- idiolect ,
- magniloquent ,
- orotund ,
- parlance ,
- pleonasm ,
- rhetorician ,
- sensationalism ,
- sloganeering ,
- turgidity .
- spin .
- diction ,
- flowery ,
- grandiloquent ,
- gymnastics ,
- high-sounding ,
- magniloquence ,
- monotone ,
- overblown ,
- polemic .
- fluency ,
- high-flown ,
- rhetorical ,
- sonorous .
- delivery .
Other relevant words:
- Altiloquent ,
- Babblement ,
- Beautified ,
- Bibble-babble ,
- Big-sounding ,
- Bombastry ,
- Coxcombry ,
- Double Dutch ,
- Euphuistic ,
- Exaggerative ,
- Fiddledeedee ,
- Flaunting ,
- Galimatias ,
- Gibble-gabble ,
- Macrology ,
- Marinism ,
- Ossianic ,
- Puffery ,
- Self-delusion ,
- Sesquipedal ,
- Stultiloquence ,
- Turgescent ,
- Twattle ,
- Unpurposed ,
- Vapouring ,
- absurdity ,
- address ,
- affectation ,
- affected ,
- aimless ,
- amphigory ,
- apple sauce ,
- arrogant ,
- babble ,
- balderdash ,
- baloney ,
- baragouin ,
- barbarism ,
- bilge ,
- blabber ,
- blather ,
- blether ,
- bloated ,
- bluster ,
- blustering ,
- boastful ,
- boasting ,
- boloney ,
- bombastic ,
- bosh ,
- braggadocio ,
- bragging ,
- bull ,
- bullshit ,
- bunk ,
- bunkum ,
- bushwa ,
- cackle ,
- cacophony ,
- cloth ,
- cobblers ,
- conceited ,
- corduroy ,
- cotton ,
- crap ,
- discourse ,
- double-talk ,
- drivel ,
- drool ,
- eloquence ,
- empty ,
- empty talk ,
- euphemistic ,
- exaggerated ,
- exaggeration ,
- extravagant ,
- eyewash ,
- fabric ,
- falderal ,
- feckless ,
- fiddle-faddle ,
- flamboyant ,
- flaming ,
- flash ,
- flashy ,
- flatulence ,
- flatulent ,
- florid ,
- flummery ,
- folderol ,
- frothy ,
- fudge ,
- gab ,
- gabble ,
- gammon ,
- garbage ,
- gas ,
- gasconade ,
- gassy ,
- gibber ,
- gibberish ,
- gobbledegook ,
- gobbledygook ,
- good-for-nothing ,
- grand ,
- grandiose ,
- grandiosity ,
- harangue ,
- hifalutin ,
- high-flying ,
- highfalutin ,
- histrionic ,
- hocus-pocus ,
- hogwash ,
- hooey ,
- horse feathers ,
- horseshit ,
- hot air ,
- humbug ,
- hyperbole ,
- idle talk ,
- inanity ,
- ineffective ,
- inelegance ,
- inflation ,
- insignificant ,
- jabber ,
- jabberwocky ,
- jargon ,
- lecture ,
- lofty ,
- long-winded ,
- long-windedness ,
- majestic ,
- malarkey ,
- mannerism ,
- meaningless ,
- melodramatic ,
- mere words ,
- moonshine ,
- mouth ,
- mouthy ,
- mumbo jumbo ,
- nonsense ,
- nylon ,
- oration ,
- oratorical ,
- oratory ,
- ornament ,
- ornate ,
- ostentatious ,
- over-dramatic ,
- overambitious ,
- overdone ,
- padding ,
- palaver ,
- pedantic ,
- piffle ,
- platitude ,
- plethoric ,
- pointless ,
- pompous ,
- pontifical ,
- poppycock ,
- portentous ,
- prate ,
- prattle ,
- pretension ,
- pretentious ,
- prolix ,
- prolixity ,
- puffed-up ,
- puffy ,
- purposeless ,
- quibble ,
- ranting ,
- rave ,
- raving ,
- rhapsody ,
- rhetoric ,
- rich ,
- rigamarole ,
- rigmarole ,
- rodomontade ,
- rot ,
- rubbish ,
- screed ,
- self-centered ,
- self-important ,
- sententious ,
- sesquipedalian ,
- sesquipedality ,
- showy ,
- skimble-skamble ,
- slang ,
- solecism ,
- speech ,
- spout ,
- stiffness ,
- stilted ,
- stuff ,
- stuff and nonsense ,
- stuffing ,
- stuffy ,
- swelling ,
- swollen ,
- trash ,
- tripe ,
- truism ,
- trumpery ,
- tumescent ,
- tumid ,
- turgid ,
- twaddle ,
- unintelligibility ,
- useless ,
- vagueness ,
- vain ,
- vainglorious ,
- vaporing ,
- velveteen ,
- verbiage ,
- verbose ,
- verbosity ,
- waffle ,
- waffling ,
- wind ,
- windiness ,
- windy ,
- wish-wash ,
- wordy ,
- worthless .
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How to use "Fustian" in context?
Fustian, a word first recorded in the early 15th century, comes from the Latin word for Tyrian purple, fustianus. Tyrian purple was a bright blue-purple fabric, made from a mixture of wool, cotton and dyes, that was popular in the Roman Empire. After the fall of the Roman Empire, fustian remained the color of choice for noblemen's clothing, due to its high price and its supposed Tyrian origins. Fustian became synonymous with ostentatious, over-the-top dress and became a synonym for "drag.
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