| oratory 1 | n 1. art of making speeches, seni berpidato; 2. rhetoric, kebolehan berpidato: Burke was famous for his ~, Burke terkenal krn kebolehannya berpidato. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| declamatory | adj 1. of declamation, pidato: ~ themes, tema-tema pidato; 2. characterized by or resembling declamation, berpidato, retorik: ~ style, gaya berpidato; ~ speech, ucapan yg disampaikan dgn gaya /berpidato, yg retorik/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| oratorical | adj (of oratory) berpidato; (using oratory) bersifat pidato; (of contest) pidato: his ~ skill, kemahirannya berpidato; an ~ style of speaking, gaya bertutur yg bersifat pidato; an ~ contest, pertandingan pidato. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| eloquence | n 1. skill in use of language, kemahiran /berbahasa, berucap, berpidato, bertutur/; 2. fluency, kepetahan, kefasihan, kelancaran; 3. moving language, bahasa yg /mengharukan, memilukan/; 4. persuasive, forceful language, bahasa yg /meyakinkan, berkesan/. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| declaim | vi 1. utter in rhetorical manner, approp v + dgn gaya /berpidato, yg retorik/: he was ~ing about corruption among certain groups, dia bercakap dgn gaya yg retorik ttg rasuah di kalangan kumpulan-kumpulan tertentu; 2. recite, berdeklamasi: give him a chance and he will ~ for hours, sekiranya diberi peluang dia akan berdeklamasi berjam-jam lamanya; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| eloquent | adj 1. skilled in use of language, mahir menggunakan bahasa; (of orator) pandai /berucap, berpidato, bertutur/: he is a very ~ writer, dia pengarang yg sangat mahir menggunakan bahasa; 2. (of person, language ), (fluent) petah, fasih, lancar; (moving) mengharukan, memilukan; (persuasive, forceful) meyakinkan, berkesan: an ~ description of the miserable plight of the refugees, gambaran yg mengharukan ttg kesengsaraan orang-orang pelarian itu; 3. vividly expressive (of st) mencerminkan: her dark, haunted eyes, ~ of the terrors through which she had lived, matanya yg hitam dan penuh kengerian mencerminkan kezaliman yg pernah dilaluinya; 4. full of meaning, bermakna, penuh makna: a single, malevolent glance from his steely blue eyes was more ~ than an hour of Hitler’s mad oratory, kerlingan matanya yg biru waja yg membayangkan niat jahatnya, lebih bermakna drpd sejam penuh pidato gila Hitler. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| surpass | vt 1. outshine, mengatasi, melebihi: a man who far ~es his contemporaries in oratory, seorang yg jauh mengatasi orang sezamannya dlm berpidato; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |