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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Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Bombast :: Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
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..
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Grandiloquence :: Grandiloquence (n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
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..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Inflated; bombastic.
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
Gigantesque :: Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
Turgid :: Turgid (a.) Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking..
High-flown :: High-flown (a.) Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language..
Stiltify :: Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation..
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
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.
Teratology :: Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
Lexiphanic :: Lexiphanic (a.) Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing..
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding..
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