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bombastic Definition

bom·bas·tic (bäm bas′tik)

adjective

using or characterized by high-sounding but unimportant or meaningless language; pompous; grandiloquent

bombastic Related Forms
bom·bas′·ti·cally adverb
bombastic Synonyms

bombastic

modif.

pompous, declamatory, grandiloquent, orotund, lofty, inflated, grandiose, rhetorical, high-sounding, high-flown, fustian, flowery, florid, pretentious, ostentatious, overwrought, overblown, magniloquent, euphuistic, turgid, flatulent; see also oratorical.

bombastic refers to speech or writing that is pompous and inflated and suggests extravagant verbal padding and little substance; grandiloquent suggests an overreaching eloquence and implies the use of grandiose, high-flown language and an oratorical tone; flowery language is full of figurative and ornate expressions and high-sounding words; euphuistic is applied to an extremely artificial style of writing in which there is a straining for effect at the expense of thought; turgid implies such inflation of style as to obscure meaning

bombastic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • score: Little else happens in the song, there are no bombastic scores or handclaps, but it doesn't need to.
  • rant: Mr Knapman hadn't shaved and did deliver a bombastic rant.
  • chorus: A decent track with slower melodic verses and yes you guessed it, a bombastic chorus.
  • representative: And on its part German Socialism recognized, more and more, its own calling as the bombastic representative of the petty-bourgeois Philistine.
  • approach: The Brazilian foot skills of Thiago were matched by the bombastic approach of Mr Drew.

Modifying Another Word

  • too: This one, written for some reason in conjunction with a former colleague, is too bombastic just a tad.
  • suitably: A suitably bombastic competition unfolded during the program: the semi-final of " Win the This Morning House " .
  • increasingly: The story goes that in the early eighties Goodall was tired of the musical, which had become increasingly bombastic, grotesque and clichéd.
  • quite: Secretary-General, the language in the letter is, as you know, quite bombastic.
  • not: He's not bombastic, just clear-headed and positive about the priorities which matter to him.

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