Definition of bombast

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Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

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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..
Carmagnole :: Carmagnole (n.) A bombastic report from the French armies.
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..
Stiltify :: Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation..
Declamatory :: Declamatory (a.) Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style..
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool..
Periergy :: Periergy (n.) A bombastic or labored style.
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Gigantesque :: Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style..
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Highfaluting :: Highfaluting (n.) High-flown, bombastic language..
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