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bombast

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bom·bast  (bmbst)
n.
Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.
[Alteration of obsolete bombace, cotton padding, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, cotton; see bombazine.]
bombaster n.
bom·bastic adj.
bom·basti·cal·ly adv.
bombast
Noun
pompous and flowery language [Medieval Latin bombax cotton]
bombastic adj
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bombastbombast - pompous or pretentious talk or writing
blah, claptrap, fustian, rant
grandiloquence, 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


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Thus the heroe is always introduced with a flourish of drums and trumpets, in order to rouse a martial spirit in the audience, and to accommodate their ears to bombast and fustian, which Mr Locke's blind man would not have grossly erred in likening to the sound of a trumpet.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry View in context
He found that he could look back upon the brass and bombast of his earlier gospels and see them truly.
The Red Badge of Courage by Crane, Stephen View in context
Ordinarily I am not given to long speeches, nor ever before had I descended to bombast, but I had guessed at the keynote which would strike an answering chord in the breasts of the green Martians, nor was I wrong, for my harangue evidently deeply impressed them, and their attitude toward me thereafter was still further respectful.
A Princess of Mars by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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