bom·bast (b m b st )n. Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing. [Alteration of obsolete bombace, cotton padding, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, cotton; see bombazine.] bom baster n.bom·bas tic adj.bom·bas ti·cal·ly adv. |
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| Adj. | 1. |  bombastic - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"rhetorical - 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
Translations
bombastic [ˌbɒmˈbæstɪk] adj → grandiloquent(e), pompeux/euse
bomb attack n → attentat m à la bombe
bomb blast n (= explosion) → explosion f
bomb crater n → entonnoir m
bomb damage n → dégâts mpl des bombardements
bomb disposal n → déminage m bomb disposal expert
bomb disposal expert n → artificier m
bomb disposal unit n → section f de déminage
bombed-out [ˌbɒmdˈaʊt] adj [building] → détruit(e) par un bombardement
bomb attack n → attentat m à la bombe
bomb blast n (= explosion) → explosion f
bomb crater n → entonnoir m
bomb damage n → dégâts mpl des bombardements
bomb disposal n → déminage m bomb disposal expert
bomb disposal expert n → artificier m
bomb disposal unit n → section f de déminage
bombed-out [ˌbɒmdˈaʊt] adj [building] → détruit(e) par un bombardement
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