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There comes a time in everyone’s life when we want to look smart, intelligent, and well-read. We could don a pair of rimless glasses for that or even grow a beard to look a bit wiser, but deep down inside, we know that we won’t fool anyone with our appearances. It’s the way we talk and what we say that render us clever! And what’s an easier way to seem or even become more intelligent than by using big words to sound smart? There isn’t one if you ask us! And, by a lucky coincidence, we rounded up a bunch of fancy words, explained them, and put them on this list for you to learn and use in appropriate situations. 

Of course, using smart words without understanding them just to seem smart or impress somebody is not something we should be doing, as we discussed in this article, but that doesn’t mean you should talk in obscure words all the time. It usually sounds like you either don’t know the language very well (even if it is your native tongue) or your speaking abilities are rather limited. 

That said, learning these sophisticated words from our list and using them appropriately will absolutely make you sound a bit fancier and more serious. Besides, learning languages — even if it is deepening the knowledge of your mother tongue — is a good brain exercise, and we cannot find any flaws with such an activity. And, if you ever forget a simple word for an everyday thing, just like these people did, you’ll at least remember something fancy to use instead!

Right, our list of big words to sound smart in any situation is a tad bit below. Scroll down there, check these interesting words out, and give your vote to those you’ve encountered for the first time!

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Ennui.

Meaning: It's the feeling you get when you're simultaneously bored and annoyed.

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Bloviate.

Meaning: To speak pompously.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actually love this word. The way it's said sounds how it means. "Bloviating wind bag!"

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Equivocate.

Meaning: Using vague language to hide the truth.

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What are Fancy Words?

Fancy words, also known as big words or sophisticated words, are usually complex, unusual words rarely used in daily language or conversations. Most of the time, they come from academic backgrounds, niche topics, or are archaic and used by few people nowadays. Such cool words are usually used to express abstract concepts, technicalities or to purely add some sophistication to one’s speech. 

Examples of fancy words include pulchritude (beauty), sesquipedalian (using long words), obfuscate (to confuse or bewilder), abrogate (to abolish or annul), mellifluous (pleasing or musical sounding), and plenty more. 
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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Malinger.

Meaning: To pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.

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Obtuse.

Meaning: Annoyingly insensitive or slow to understand.

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Flummoxed.

Meaning: So confused that you do not know what to do.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Me whenever I know something has changed, but I don't know what changed or how

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What Makes You Sound Smart? 

Well, that’s a question that requires a multi-pronged approach, but we’ll try to keep it as short as possible. And yes, using big words to sound smart is partly an answer! However, there are more things that make you sound smart than just the use of beautiful words, such as: 

  • Articulation. You could know all the smart words there are, but it won’t do you any good if you aren’t speaking clearly and confidently! Avoid filler words like ‘um’ and ‘ehrm’ at all costs — they aren’t doing any good to upkeep that intelligent front. 
  • Knowledge. This part requires a bit more time and patience! Being well-read, keeping the pulse on current worldly happenings, and having deep knowledge of various topics are the things that not only make you sound smart but also actually make you smart. 
  • Critical thinking. Analyzing information and asking relevant questions reflects intelligence. Offering different approaches to a problem and delivering logical solutions will make you sound smart. Pepper your speech with big words to sound smart, and you’ll blow everyone away!
  • Active listening. Yup, listening is just as important as speaking when it comes to intelligence! Paying close attention to what others are conveying and replying in a thoughtful manner is a clear sign of being one smart cookie. 
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Always remember that purely using big words to sound smart without understanding their meaning or in the wrong context might make you look a bit like a hoax. Even if you choose such big words as axiom, bourgeois, and cacophony, that sound exceptionally intelligent! Be as it may, intelligence is a genuine thing and well worth the investment. 
#7

A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Catch-22.

Meaning: An impossible situation where you are prevented from doing one thing until you have done another thing that you cannot do until you have done the first thing.

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Fastidious.

Meaning: Giving too much attention to small details and wanting everything to be correct and perfect.

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Resplendent.

Meaning: Shining brilliantly.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah yes, takes me back to teaching English in Japan. Top classes had to pass with phrases like, "She entered the room wearing resplendent linen." or "He went to that building to vote in the local election."

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Should You Use Big Words to Sound Smart?

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If you read the paragraph that came before this one, you might be wondering if using words to make you sound smart is such a good idea after all. Well, it is, and it isn’t! It all depends on how and when you use them: 

  • Using fancy words can absolutely make you sound smart, but be mindful that you fully understand their meaning and that you’re using them in the right context. 
  • If you choose big words to use in your speech without fully understanding the terminology, you might cause further confusion rather than infusing your talk with intelligence. And nobody would want that! 
  • All in all, if in doubt whether you should be using, say, a big word for smart, such as astute or clever, in a given setting, or if bona fide (spelled boh-nah fih-deh not bone a fied) works in your sentence, stick to expressing yourself clearly and concisely, instead. That always does the trick!  

Naturally, learning a bit about words that make you sound smart will do you no harm — on the contrary! As your vocabulary expands, you’ll find yourself not only sounding but actually getting smarter, and that’s a huge bonus. 

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That said, shouldn’t you be reading the sophisticated words on our list? Keep scrolling and enjoy these big words to sound smart! 
#10

A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Maudlin.

Meaning: Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental.

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Fiasco.

Meaning: A total failure.

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Scintillating.

Meaning: Funny, exciting, and clever.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Perfunctory.

Meaning: Carried out without real interest, feeling, or effort.

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Winebibber.

Meaning: A person who drinks too much wine.

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Umbrage.

Meaning: "Offense" or "Annoyance."

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love this word it's so British .. I take Umbrage at your accusations Sir!!!

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Boondoggle.

Meaning: Activity that pretends to be useful but is really just a big waste of your valuable time.

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Euphemism.

Meaning: A coy alternative for an unpleasant or embarrassing word.

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Selcouth.

Meaning: Unusual, strange.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Ubiquitous.

Meaning: Found everywhere.

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Fait Accompli.

Meaning: Something that has already happened or been done and cannot be changed.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Particularly when someone expected to have some say in the decision, but doesn't get it. The Treaty of Versalles, for example.

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Quid Pro Quo.

Meaning: A favor granted in return for something.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tit for tat, or "Scratch my back and I'll scratch yours".

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Pulchritudinous

Meaning: Physically beautiful.

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Amorousness.

Meaning: The act of being in love.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's more like someone being very demonstrative of their love. Think Gomez and Morticia.

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Charisma.

Meaning: The charm or aura of a person.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is often how leaders get into their seats of power - they win people over with their charisma.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Parsimonious.

Meaning: Not willing to spend money or to give or use a lot of something.

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Quiddity.

Meaning: Whatever makes something the type that it is; the essence.

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Glib.

Meaning: Thinking that you have all the solutions, but you're just blowing smoke.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Beauteous.

Meaning: Beautiful.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Didn’t Bill & Ted’s excellent Adventure bring this word back into common usage for a while after the movie was released? 🤣🤣

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Amativeness.

Meaning: Relating to or indicative of love.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amatonormitivity is related to heteronormativity. Hope that clears it up.

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Capricious.

Meaning: "Moody" and "Unpredictable".

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Mellifluous.

Meaning: A smooth, flowing sound that hits your ears in just the right way.

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Cajole.

Meaning: To persuade someone to do something they might not want to do, by pleasant talk and (sometimes false) promises.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Employer handbook rule #14 - Always Cajole your employees and then withhold the bonuses based on a technicality.

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Flabbergasted.

Meaning: Feeling shocked, usually because of something you were not expecting.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Quintessential.

Meaning: The most perfect example of something.

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Status Quo.

Meaning: The existing social and political affairs.

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Brogue.

Meaning: Compliment but using a word with a sense of history.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's another word for an accent such as Scottish or Irish .. or even a type of shoe ...

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Teetotaler.

Meaning: Someone who never drinks alcohol.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I always see this word and think it sounds like the opposite...sounds like a party animal!

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Touché.

Meaning: Used to admit that someone has made a good point against you in an argument or discussion.

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Prodigious.

Meaning: Wonderful or marvelous.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Wondrous.

Meaning: That is to be marveled at.

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Circumlocution.

Meaning: The use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea.

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Gregarious.

Meaning: (of a person) fond of company; sociable.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Innocuous.

Meaning: Not harmful.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There were no reactions to the injections so the inoculations were innocuous..

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Axiomatic.

Meaning: Self-evident, requiring no proof.

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Ineffable.

Meaning: Incapable of being expressed in words.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Crowley: “The Great Plan's 'ineffable?'” Aziraphale: “Exactly. It is beyond understanding, and incapable of being put into words.”

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Canoodle.

Meaning: To engage in amorous embracing, caressing, and passionate kissing.

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Ebullience.

Meaning: The quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings.

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Cacophony.

Meaning: A "cacophony" is any loud, unpleasant mixture of sounds.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Quagmire.

Meaning: A difficult and dangerous situation.

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Deja Vu.

Meaning: A feeling that you have already lived this moment before.

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Infatuated.

Meaning: Filled with or marked by a foolish or extravagant love or admiration.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Orgulous.

Meaning: Proud.

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Excogitate.

Meaning: Thinking of something carefully or thoroughly.

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Consanguineous.

Meaning: Of the same blood or origin; someone who descends from the same ancestor.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Anagnorisis.

Meaning: The point in the plot especially of a tragedy at which the protagonist recognizes his or her or some other character’s true identity or discovers the true nature of his or her own situation.

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Sycophant.

Meaning: "Suck-up" or a "Brown-noser".

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Tryst.

Meaning: A meeting between two people who are having a romantic relationship.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Vitriol.

Meaning: Violent hate and anger expressed through severe criticism.

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Accolade.

Meaning: Praise and approval.

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Bona fide.

Meaning: Done genuinely in good faith, having no intention otherwise.

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Literally "in good faith". Same root as Semper Fidelis, "always faithful".

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Bourgeois.

Meaning: Middle-class.

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Chic.

Meaning: Elegant and/or fashionable.

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Didactic.

Meaning: Intending to teach, in the manner of teachers.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It can also mean to be obnoxiously preachy or to come across like you're lecturing people in an inappropriate context (eg a piece of entertainment which is more interested in telling the audience what to think than actually telling a good story).

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Disheveled.

Meaning: (of people or their appearance) very messy.

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Elucidate.

Meaning: Explain elaborately so as to clarify.

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Exacerbate.

Meaning: To make something that is already bad even worse.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Fortuitous.

Meaning: Happening by luck, not by will.

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Idiosyncrasy.

Meaning: A strange or unusual habit, way of behaving, or feature that someone or something has.

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Aplomb.

Meaning: Imperturbable self-possession, poise, or assurance.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Diatribe.

Meaning: A bitter, sharply abusive denunciation or criticism.

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Rococo.

Meaning: Ornate or florid in speech, literary style, etc.

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Pervicacious.

Meaning: Extremely willful; obstinate.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Women called me perv for years. I didn't know it was short for pervicacious.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Cloying.

Meaning: Causing or tending to cause disgust or aversion through excess.

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Neophyte.

Meaning: Beginner or novice.

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Adept.

Meaning: Very skilled; proficient.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Stupendous.

Meaning: Astounding and marvelous.

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Immaculate.

Meaning: Having or containing no flaw or error.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Literally "spotless". Used by Catholics to mean "without (original) sin".

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Splendiferous.

Meaning: Extraordinarily or showily impressive.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Comely.

Meaning: Having a pleasing appearance.

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Sagacious.

Meaning: Having or showing keen mental discernment or judgment; shrewd.

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Tenderness.

Meaning: Gentleness and affection.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But it's all so easy, all you gotta do is try ... try a little

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Besottedness.

Meaning: Related to being blindly or utterly infatuated.

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I was so in love with drinking I would always Be Sotted. 😄

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Fondness.

Meaning: Affection for someone or something.

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Endearment.

Meaning: A phrase that expresses love.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Halcyon.

Meaning: Characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Normally of a historical period, or a stage in someone's life, often compared to later, less happy, times. Think Europe before 1914.

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Acumen.

Meaning: Quickness to judge.

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Gasconading.

Meaning: To brag or gloat.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Nidificate.

Meaning: To nest.

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Grandiloquent.

Meaning: A lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality, especially in language.

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Aquiver.

Meaning: You're so overcome with emotion that you're practically trembling.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Robinhood as a child was emotional when given his first Bow and Arrows.. he was Aquiver over his Quiver

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Non-sequitur.

Meaning: It's when the subject in a conversation gets changed without warning, usually abruptly.

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Vamoose.

Meaning: To leave hurriedly.

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Nefarious.

Meaning: Evil is just evil, but when it goes the extra mile that's when it becomes nefarious.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Empathy.

Meaning: The ability to share someone else's feelings or experiences by imagining what it would be like to be in that person's situation.

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Anomaly.

Meaning: Something that deviates from what is standard, normal, or expected.

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Ambivalent.

Meaning: Having two opposing feelings at the same time, or being uncertain about how you feel.

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"Watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new car" (Old joke, sorry!)

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Brusque.

Meaning: Abrupt or blunt.

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Carte blanche.

Meaning: Complete freedom to act according to your desires.

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Obfuscate.

Meaning: To make something less clear and harder to understand, especially intentionally.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Equanimity.

Meaning: Mental or emotional stability or composure, especially under tension or strain.

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Malaise.

Meaning: A vague or unfocused feeling of mental uneasiness, lethargy, or discomfort.

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Pusillanimous.

Meaning: Lacking courage or resolution.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The root of that word is pussy (Latin, no courage, wimp) "If you don't drink that sixth shot you're a pussy."

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#103

A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Quintessential.

Meaning: Perfectly typical or representative of a particular kind of person or thing.

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Statuesque.

Meaning: Majestic dignity, grace, or beauty.

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Perspicacious.

Meaning: Of acute mental vision or discernment.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Discerning.

Meaning: Showing insight and understanding.

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Awe-inspiring.

Meaning: That arouses awe.

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Adulation.

Meaning: Excessive devotion to someone; servile compliments and flattery.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Enamored.

Meaning: Affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination.

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Orphic.

Meaning: Mystic, oracular; fascinating, entrancing.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also the name of an app that gives a whole bunch for words you've probably never heard before! 100% free and fun to have around, 100% recommend.

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Aeonian.

Meaning: Lasting for an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Tantalizing.

Meaning: Tormenting or teasing with the sight or promise of something unobtainable; exciting one’s senses or desires.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

From the Greek Titan Tantalus, who was punished by Zeus to perpetual thirst and hunger while grapes and water were *juuust* out of reach.

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Usufruct.

Meaning: The right to use and enjoy the profits and advantages of something belonging to another.

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Luminescent.

Meaning: Something that displays light that is not caused by heat.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But we can use it to describe a bunsen burner flame in science?

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Psychotomimetic.

Meaning: Relating to, involving, or inducing psychotic alteration of behavior and personality.

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Antidote.

Meaning: Something pleasant that counteracts something unpleasant.

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Avant Garde.

Meaning: Ultra-modern, innovative, or advanced.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This actually means to be new and unusual not modern but probably innovative usually also tends to be a louder thing like a design or art or a concept

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Dapper.

Meaning: A dapper man is dressed in a fashionable and tidy way.

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Faux Pas.

Meaning: A tactless remark or happening in a social situation.

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Hyperbole.

Meaning: Exaggeration.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Solipsistic.

Meaning: Extremely preoccupied with and indulgent of one's feelings, desires, etc.

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Lurid.

Meaning: Glaringly vivid or sensational.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Commonsensical.

Meaning: Sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or the facts.

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Junoesque.

Meaning: Imposingly tall and shapely.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Canonize.

Meaning: To treat as illustrious, preeminent, or sacred.

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Caustic.

Meaning: Sarcastic in a scathing and bitter way.

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A Comprehensive List Of Big Words To Sound Smart Non sequitur.

Meaning: A statement that does not correctly follow from the meaning of the previous statement.

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