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bom·bast
(bŏm′băst′)n.
1. Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.
2. Grandiose or overpowering expression, as in music or painting.
[Alteration of obsolete bombace, cotton padding, from Old French, from Medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, cotton; see bombazine.]
bom′bast′er n.
bom·bas′tic adj.
bom·bas′ti·cal·ly adv.
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bom•bas•tic
(bɒmˈbæs tɪk)adj.
(of speech, writing, etc.) pompous; high-flown.
[1695–1705]
bom•bas′ti•cal•ly, adv.
syn: bombastic, flowery, pretentious all describe a use of language more elaborate than is justified by or appropriate to the content being expressed. bombastic suggests language with a theatricality or staginess of style far too powerful or declamatory for the meaning or sentiment being expressed: a bombastic sermon on the evils of gambling. flowery describes language filled with extravagant images and ornate expressions: a flowery eulogy. pretentious refers specifically to language that is purposely inflated in an effort to impress: a pretentious essay filled with obscure allusions.
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| Adj. | 1. |  bombastic - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery" |
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bombastic
adjective grandiloquent, inflated, ranting, windy, high-flown, pompous, grandiose, histrionic, wordy, verbose, declamatory, fustian, magniloquent the bombastic style of his oratory
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bombastic
adjectiveCharacterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style:
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Translations
bombasztikuscikornyásdagályosfellengzős
górnolotny
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bombastic
[ˌbɒmˈbæstɪk] adj → grandiloquent(e), pompeux/eusebomb attack n → attentat m à la bombebomb blast n (= explosion) → explosion fbomb crater n → entonnoir mbomb damage n → dégâts mpl des bombardementsbomb disposal n → déminage m bomb disposal expertbomb disposal expert n → artificier mbomb disposal unit n → section f de déminagebombed-out [ˌbɒmdˈaʊt] adj [building] → détruit(e) par un bombardementCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
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