bombast

bom·bast  (bmbst)

n.

Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.

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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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bombaster n.

bom·bastic adj.

bom·basti·cal·ly adv.

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bombast [ˈbɒmbæst]

n

1. pompous and grandiloquent language

2. Obsolete material used for padding

[from Old French bombace, from Medieval Latin bombāx cotton; see bombacaceous]

bombastic  adj

bombastically  adv

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bombast - 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"

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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.

Translations

bombast [ˈbɒmbæst] N (= pomposity) → ampulosidad f, rimbombancia f; (= words) → palabras fpl altisonantes, rimbombancia f; (= boasts) → bravatas fpl

bombast

n → Schwulst m, → Bombast m

bombast [ˈbɒmbæst] n → magniloquenza

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bombast [ˈbɒmbæst] n → magniloquenza