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bombastic

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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.
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Adj.1.bombasticbombastic - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
declamatory, orotund, tumid, turgid, large
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
Translations

bombastic [bɔmˈbæstɪk] adj → rimbombante; [person] → pomposo
bombastic [bɔmˈbæstɪk] adj → grandiloquent(e) → pompeux/euse
bombastic [bɔmˈbæstɪk] adj → bombastisch
bombastic [bɔmˈbæstɪk] adj → ampolloso/a


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