Synonyms for sententious

Adjective

1. sententious, pretentious (vs. unpretentious)

usage: abounding in or given to pompous or aphoristic moralizing; "too often the significant episode deteriorates into sententious conversation"- Kathleen Barnes

2. pithy, sententious, concise (vs. prolix)

usage: concise and full of meaning; "welcomed her pithy comments"; "the peculiarly sardonic and sententious style in which Don Luis composed his epigrams"- Hervey Allen