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adjective
- 1. high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated: "bombastic rhetoric"
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BOMBASTIC definition: 1. forceful and confident in a way that is intended to be very powerful and impressive, but may not…. Learn more.
: marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous, overblown. bombastically. bäm-ˈba-sti-k (ə-)lē. adverb. Synonyms. flatulent. fustian. gaseous. gassy. grandiloquent. oratorical. orotund. rhetorical. windy. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
BOMBASTIC meaning: 1. forceful and confident in a way that is intended to be very powerful and impressive, but may not…. Learn more.
Bombastic suggests language with a theatricality or staginess of style far too powerful or declamatory for the meaning or sentiment being expressed: a bombastic sermon on the evils of cardplaying. Flowery describes language filled with extravagant images and ornate expressions: a flowery eulogy.
bombastic. (bɒmbæstɪk ) adjective. If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning. [disapproval] He was vain and bombastic. ...the bombastic style adopted by his predecessor.
To be bombastic is to be full of hot air — like a politician who makes grand promises and doesn't deliver. What does cotton padding have to do with the word bombastic? Bombast was cotton padding or stuffing in the 1500s.
Definition of bombastic adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
