bombast

bom·bast

B0378400 (bŏm′băst′)n.1. Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.2. Grandiose or overpowering expression, as in music or painting.

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[Alteration of obsolete bombace, cotton padding, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, cotton; see bombazine.]

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bom′bast′er n.bom·bas′tic adj.bom·bas′ti·cal·ly adv.

bombast

(ˈbɒmbæst) n1. pompous and grandiloquent language2. obsolete material used for padding[C16: from Old French bombace, from Medieval Latin bombāx cotton; see bombacaceous] bomˈbastic adj bomˈbastically adv

bom•bast

(ˈbɒm bæst)

n. 1. pompous oratory or pretentious writing. 2. Obs. cotton or other material used to stuff garments; padding. adj. 3. Obs. bombastic. [1560–70; earlier bombace padding < Middle French < Medieval Latin bombācem, acc. of bombāx; silk, cotton]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bombast - pompous or pretentious talk or writingblah, claptrap, fustian, rantgrandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, rhetoric - high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language"

bombast

noun pomposity, ranting, bragging, hot air (informal), bluster, grandiosity, braggadocio, grandiloquence, rodomontade (literary), gasconade (rare), extravagant boasting, magniloquence There were men aboard who could not tolerate his bombast.

bombast

nounPretentious, pompous speech or writing:claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, magniloquence, orotundity, rant, turgidity.

Translations

emphasemagniloquenza