Definition of bombast

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Bombast (n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding..

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Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
Grandiose :: Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..
Rant :: Rant (v. i.) To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher..
High-flown :: High-flown (a.) Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language..
Gigantesque :: Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
Declamatory :: Declamatory (a.) Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style..
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Highfaluting :: Highfaluting (n.) High-flown, bombastic language..
Stiltify :: Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation..
Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
Bumbast :: Bumbast () See Bombast.
Fustian :: Fustian (n.) An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast..
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Rant :: Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics..
Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
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