sententious
/sɛn'tɛnʃəs/
adjective
11 letters3 syllables11 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS2
ADJECTIVE
1
Concise and full of meaning.
“the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams”
2
Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing.
“too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation”
WORD FORMS
Starts withS
Ends withS
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®11 points
Words With Friends®14 points
Double word22 points
Triple word33 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinententioussay
Starts & ends withS … S
Syllablessen · ten · tious
SYNONYMS & RELATED3
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