bombastic

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.

bom•bas•tic

(bɒmˈbæs tɪk)

adj. (of speech, writing, etc.) pompous; high-flown. [1695–1705] bom•bas′ti•cal•ly, adv. syn: bombastic, flowery, pretentious all describe a use of language more elaborate than is justified by or appropriate to the content being expressed. bombastic suggests language with a theatricality or staginess of style far too powerful or declamatory for the meaning or sentiment being expressed: a bombastic sermon on the evils of gambling. flowery describes language filled with extravagant images and ornate expressions: a flowery eulogy. pretentious refers specifically to language that is purposely inflated in an effort to impress: a pretentious essay filled with obscure allusions.

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bombastic - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"declamatory, orotund, tumid, turgid, largerhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"

bombastic

adjective grandiloquent, inflated, ranting, windy, high-flown, pompous, grandiose, histrionic, wordy, verbose, declamatory, fustian, magniloquent the bombastic style of his oratory

bombastic

adjectiveCharacterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style:aureate, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen.

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