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fulminous speech

fulminous speech

9.9
A strong speech that makes people feel excited or amazed
  • noun
translation icon : discurso fulminante
  • Her fulminous speech at the rally inspired many people to take action.

Examples

  • The politician delivered a fulminous speech that left the audience in awe.

  • Critics praised the author's fulminous speech for its intensity and rhetoric.

  • The politician delivered a fulminous speech that inspired many.

  • Have you ever heard a fulminous speech like that?

  • Critics praised the author's fulminous speech for its intensity and rhetoric.

  • Her fulminous speech at the rally inspired many people to take action.

  • The politician delivered a fulminous speech that left the audience in awe.

Synonyms

powerful rhetoric
vsfulminous speech
6.7

Speech or writing that strongly convinces and moves people

focuses more on intense, captivating style than on direct persuasion
incendiary speech
vsfulminous speech
  • Literature
8.7

A speech that makes people very angry or causes unrest

aims to captivate and move audiences rather than provoke anger or unrest

How Powerful

fulminous speech
9.9
incendiary speech
  • Literature
8.7
speech
  • Formal
∞ 1.8

Surface Forms

fulminous speech singular
fulminous speeches plural

Morphology

fulminous + speech

The phrase is a straightforward adjective + noun combination: if a learner knows 'fulminous' (meaning thunderous, explosive, denunciatory) then 'fulminous speech' is directly interpretable as an intense or forceful speech. Note, however, that 'fulminous' is a rare word and may be unknown to B1 learners in practice, but the phrase itself is compositionally transparent.

Etymology

Fulminous speech comes from a word that means 'lightning'. Picture a speaker whose words strike the room like a flash of lightning or a loud clap of thunder, so fulminous speech means 'intense' and 'powerful'.