eloquent

  • 21eloquent — adj. to wax eloquent * * * [ eləkwənt] to wax eloquent …

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  • 22eloquent — el|o|quent [ˈeləkwənt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin, present participle of eloqui; ELOCUTION] 1.) able to express your ideas and opinions well, especially in a way that influences people ▪ an eloquent appeal for support 2.)… …

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  • 23eloquent — adjective 1 able to express your ideas and opinions well, especially in a way that influences people: an eloquent appeal for support 2 showing a feeling or meaning without using words: The photographs are an eloquent reminder of the horrors of… …

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  • 24eloquent — adjective 1) an eloquent speaker Syn: fluent, articulate, expressive, silver tongued; persuasive, strong, forceful, powerful, potent, well expressed, effective, lucid, vivid, graphic; smooth tongued, glib …

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  • 25eloquent — beredsam, beredt, gesprächig, mitteilsam, redebegabt, redefreudig, redegewandt, schlagfertig, sprachgewaltig, sprachgewandt, wortgewandt, wortreich, zungenfertig; (ugs.): nicht auf den Mund gefallen; (abwertend): geschwätzig; (oft abwertend):… …

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  • 26eloquent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. persuasive, expressive, articulate, silver tongued; see expressive , fluent 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [EL uh KWUNT] persuasive by means of one s speech, having a way with words, articulate.… …

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  • 27eloquent — el|o|quent [ eləkwənt ] adjective expressing what you mean using clear and effective language: an eloquent speech ╾ el|o|quence noun uncount ╾ el|o|quent|ly adverb …

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  • 28eloquent — adjective 1》 showing eloquence. 2》 clearly expressive: an art that is eloquent of America s cultural diversity. Derivatives eloquently adverb …

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  • 29eloquent — UK [ˈeləkwənt] / US adjective expressing what you mean using clear and effective language an eloquent speech Derived words: eloquence noun uncountable eloquently adverb …

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  • 30eloquent — [ˈeləkwənt] adj expressing something clearly and effectively an eloquent speech/speaker[/ex] eloquence noun [U] eloquently adv …

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