Definition of bombast

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Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

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Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
Lexiphanic :: Lexiphanic (a.) Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing..
Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool..
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Rant :: Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics..
Stiltify :: Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation..
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..
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Inflated; bombastic.
Bumbast :: Bumbast () See Bombast.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style..
Carmagnole :: Carmagnole (n.) A bombastic report from the French armies.
Grandiloquence :: Grandiloquence (n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
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..
Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..
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