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Sententious
UK
/sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/
US
/sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/
Translation of "sententious" into Russian
sententious
Adjective
UK
/sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/
US
/sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/
sententious
sententiouser Comp.
sententiousest Super.
more sententious Comp.
most sententious Super.
His sententious remarks made the meeting unbearable.
Его напыщенные замечания сделали встречу невыносимой.
The book was filled with sententious advice.
Книга была полна морализаторских советов.
Definitions
sententious
Adjective
UK
/sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/
US
/sɛnˈtɛnʃəs/
Given to moralizing in a pompous or affected manner.
The professor's sententious lecture on ethics left the students feeling more lectured than enlightened.
Expressed in a concise and pithy way; terse and full of meaning.
Her sententious comment summed up the whole meeting in a single sentence.