Definition of bombast

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

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Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Fustian :: Fustian (a.) Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic; as, fustian history..
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool..
Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
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 (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
Carmagnole :: Carmagnole (n.) A bombastic report from the French armies.
Lexiphanic :: Lexiphanic (a.) Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Stiltify :: Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation..
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Inflated; bombastic.
High-flown :: High-flown (a.) Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language..
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Grandiloquence :: Grandiloquence (n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
Gigantesque :: Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
Teratology :: Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
Grandiose :: Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style..
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