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adjective
- 1. high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated: "bombastic rhetoric"
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Bombastic means forceful and confident in a way that is intended to be very powerful and impressive, but may not have much real meaning or effect. Learn more about this adjective, its synonyms, antonyms, and usage with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
- English (US)
BOMBASTIC meaning: 1. forceful and confident in a way that...
- Znaczenie Bombastic, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
BOMBASTIC definicja: 1. forceful and confident in a way that...
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BOMBASTIC translate: 誇誇其談的;誇大的. Learn more in the Cambridge...
- English (US)
Bombastic means marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles of bombastic from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Bombastic means forceful and confident in a way that is intended to be very powerful and impressive, but may not have much real meaning or effect. Learn how to use this adjective with examples from various sources and see how it is translated in different languages.
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.
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.
Bombastic means using or characterized by high-sounding but unimportant or meaningless language; pompous; grandiloquent. Learn more about the word frequency, origin, derived forms, and usage of bombastic with Collins Dictionary.
Bombastic means sounding important but having little meaning and used to impress people. Learn how to use this adjective with pictures, pronunciation, grammar and synonyms.
