sententious

ADJECTIVE /sɛn'tɛnʃəs/
11 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S

sententious is a valid 11-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1E1N1T1E1N1T1I1O1U1S1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING

What does sententious mean?

ADJECTIVE · 2 SENSES
1

Concise and full of meaning.

“the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams”

SYNONYMS
SIMILAR
2

Abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing.

“too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation”