Translations for „sententious“ in the English » German Dictionary

sen·ten·tious [senˈtən(t)ʃəs] ADJ pej form

sententious (moralizing)

moralisierend oft pej

sententious (moralizing)

moralistisch oft pej

sententious (affectedly formal)

salbungsvoll pej

sententious book/document

moralisierendes Buch/Dokument

sententious person/speech

salbungsvolle Person/Rede

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

sententious book/document

moralisierendes Buch/Dokument

sententious person/speech

salbungsvolle Person/Rede

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They might be capable of seriousness on occasion, but they're not sententious.

www.independent.co.uk

He is obsequious towards the powerful, arrogant towards the weak, sententious and narrow-minded.

en.wikipedia.org

They are full of trope and figure, frequently with much force of application, quaint and sententious.

en.wikipedia.org

Instead of that, we have been treated to serious faces and sententious suggestions.

news.nationalpost.com

The book offers complex, mosaic characters and compelling storylines rather than racial stereotypes and sententious proselytising.

www.independent.co.uk

Anyone who's ever read any of the sententious tripe from management science could qualify for starting a class action in terms of content.

www.digitaljournal.com

His style is grave and sententious.

en.wikipedia.org

He said so many wise things to us and uttered them in so pithy and sententious a style that one could never forget them.

en.wikipedia.org

The man who utters sententious maxims and exhortations seems to be no longer chatting in a letter but preaching from the pulpit.

www.bbc.co.uk

But this time the scenario is firmly based in reality and the script isn't being sententious about it.

www.smh.com.au