sesquipedalian
adjectiveHow many syllables in sesquipedalian?
There are 6 syllables in the word sesquipedalian.How to pronounce sesquipedalian:
Definition of sesquipedalian:
- sesquipedalian (adjective):
- having many syllables long
- adjective. given to the overuse of long words.
- using pompous or unnecessarily complicated language
Synonyms for sesquipedalian:
flowery
fustian
grandiloquent
grandiose
ostentatious
polysyllabic word
polysyllable
pretentious
verbose
Antonyms for sesquipedalian:
brachysyllabic
monosyllabic
Here are some other common 6-syllable words.
- unfashionable
- reconciliation
- paraphernalia
- materialism
- achievability
- pistanthrophobia
- unmentionable
- incommunicable
- unsophisticated
- interrelationship
- categorically
- mucoperiosteum
- paleontologist
- integumentary
- diametrically
- Poetry For Neanderthals
- catastrophically
- individually
- equalitarian
- undecipherable
- inextinguishable
- ceruminolytic
- fictionality
- nonconfrontational
- biodegradable
- extracurricular
- idiosyncratic
- satisfactorily
- encyclopedia
- superficiality
- iridocyclitis
- unequivocally
- reliability
- attainability
- instrumentality
- cataclysmically
- unquestionably
- verisimilitude
- unverifiable
- peculiarities
- uncontaminated
- authoritarian
- realistically
- personification
- appreciatively
- disciplinarian
- discombobulated
- idiosyncrasy
- oversaturated
- multifunctional
- … more
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