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Definition of bombast in English: bombastnoun ˈbɒmbastˈbɑmbæst mass nounHigh-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people. the bombast of gung-ho militarism Example sentencesExamples - But for many years now bombast, rant, and confident obscurity have been his reigning notes.
- Sorel shared this disdain for patriotic and obscurantist bombast.
- His performance veers between extreme bombast and lazy naturalism - a shaky line few actors could get away with, but he pulls it off brilliantly.
- When bombast fails only the shield of diplomacy can protect us
- If post-rock has proved anything, it's that subtlety and bombast aren't mortal enemies.
- This is an important but ponderous book, but if one can endure the Communist bombast, it is well worth reading.
- The president conveyed strength and reassurance and firmness, without bombast, without posturing.
- Finlandia is not a long piece but manages to combine both bombast and lyricism, with a main theme that I really like.
- For all their bluster and bombast, each display of physical power proves in the end to be ineffectual.
- He delivers a Ride Of The Valkyries in which he supplants bombast with an intelligent compliment to the story as it appears on stage.
- It was powerful stuff, delivered with plenty of bombast, but to the audience it was just be a sign of how far the music industry has gone from its roots.
- Unless he acts, allies insist, he will be painted as an impotent puppet, thwarted by London Labour, and vulnerable to the opposition leader's bombast.
- But let's not compound our losses with deluded bombast about what we have to gain.
- The early subtlety has given way to cheap bombast.
- Her wild, rash and unprecedented bombast was a shameful act of utter disrespect, not only to her constituency but also to the nation.
- There was more bombast and bluster than football, the most notable happenings on the park being the accumulation of bookings.
- A lot of nationalistic bombast was spouted during this era, but there was also a quiet betrayal of an entire generation.
- Without any trace of arrogance and bombast he replies.
- This gives me hope for media bombast in general, that it can be scaled back without the whole house of cards collapsing.
- If he did he'd have surely come up with better arguments than bluster and bombast.
Synonyms bluster, pomposity, ranting, rant, nonsense, empty talk, humbug, wind, blather, blether, claptrap turgidity, verbosity, verbiage, periphrasis, euphuism, fustian pretentiousness, affectedness, ostentation, grandiloquence, magniloquence informal hot air, bunkum, guff, bosh literary braggadocio, rodomontade
Origin Mid 16th century (denoting raw cotton or cotton wool used as padding, later used figuratively): from Old French bombace, from medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, alteration of bombyx 'silkworm' (see bombazine). Definition of bombast in US English: bombastnounˈbɑmbæstˈbämbast High-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people. the bombast of gung-ho militarism Example sentencesExamples - He delivers a Ride Of The Valkyries in which he supplants bombast with an intelligent compliment to the story as it appears on stage.
- Her wild, rash and unprecedented bombast was a shameful act of utter disrespect, not only to her constituency but also to the nation.
- Finlandia is not a long piece but manages to combine both bombast and lyricism, with a main theme that I really like.
- But for many years now bombast, rant, and confident obscurity have been his reigning notes.
- Without any trace of arrogance and bombast he replies.
- When bombast fails only the shield of diplomacy can protect us
- It was powerful stuff, delivered with plenty of bombast, but to the audience it was just be a sign of how far the music industry has gone from its roots.
- If post-rock has proved anything, it's that subtlety and bombast aren't mortal enemies.
- Unless he acts, allies insist, he will be painted as an impotent puppet, thwarted by London Labour, and vulnerable to the opposition leader's bombast.
- His performance veers between extreme bombast and lazy naturalism - a shaky line few actors could get away with, but he pulls it off brilliantly.
- This gives me hope for media bombast in general, that it can be scaled back without the whole house of cards collapsing.
- If he did he'd have surely come up with better arguments than bluster and bombast.
- The president conveyed strength and reassurance and firmness, without bombast, without posturing.
- The early subtlety has given way to cheap bombast.
- A lot of nationalistic bombast was spouted during this era, but there was also a quiet betrayal of an entire generation.
- There was more bombast and bluster than football, the most notable happenings on the park being the accumulation of bookings.
- This is an important but ponderous book, but if one can endure the Communist bombast, it is well worth reading.
- For all their bluster and bombast, each display of physical power proves in the end to be ineffectual.
- Sorel shared this disdain for patriotic and obscurantist bombast.
- But let's not compound our losses with deluded bombast about what we have to gain.
Synonyms bluster, pomposity, ranting, rant, nonsense, empty talk, humbug, wind, blather, blether, claptrap
Origin Mid 16th century (denoting raw cotton or cotton wool used as padding, later used figuratively): from Old French bombace, from medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, alteration of bombyx ‘silkworm’ (see bombazine). |