Definition of bombast

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

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Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Grandiose :: Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style..
Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
Periergy :: Periergy (n.) A bombastic or labored style.
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.
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style..
Bumbast :: Bumbast () See Bombast.
Gigantesque :: Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
Bombast :: Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..
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..
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool..
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding..
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
Lexiphanic :: Lexiphanic (a.) Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing..
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..
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
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