Definition of bombast

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Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

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Grandiloquence :: Grandiloquence (n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
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..
Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Carmagnole :: Carmagnole (n.) A bombastic report from the French armies.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool..
Teratology :: Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
Highfaluting :: Highfaluting (n.) High-flown, bombastic language..
Grandiose :: Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style..
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..
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..
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style..
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Periergy :: Periergy (n.) A bombastic or labored style.
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