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bombastic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid |
| Derivation | bombast |
Examples of bombastic
bombastic
Instead, Gondry has come up with a surprisingly generic, bombastic action movie.
From the timesunion.com
Over the years, the Teatro series has sometimes turned bombastic in its horrors.
From the dallasnews.com
Patrick Stewart's ticklishly bombastic hosting helps this one really move along.
From the usatoday.com
This contest is to whet your appetite for some BOMBASTIC giveaways this weekend.
From the techcrunch.com
Exactly the kind of bombastic traditionalist, in fact, she has so often opposed.
From the smh.com.au
Their style incorporates pieces of hardcore, bombastic arena rock and post-punk.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Bombastic is just one word Johnny Whitney chooses to describe his band's music.
From the ealingtimes.co.uk
Former colleagues describe him as energetic and a bit bombastic, a born salesman.
From the ocregister.com
One moment he launches a bombastic tirade, the next he's making a plaintive plea.
From the post-gazette.com
- Ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
- (bombastically) turgidly: in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his theories"
- (bombast) pompous or pretentious talk or writing
- Fustian (also called bombast) is a term for a variety of heavy woven, mostly cotton fabrics, chiefly prepared for menswear. It is also used to refer to pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech, from at least the time of Shakespeare. ...
- Pompous or overly wordy; High-sounding but with little meaning; Inflated, overfilled
- (bombast) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool; Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding; High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian; To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate; High-sounding; inflated; ...
- (bombast) exaggerated, overblown language
- (BOMBAST) Inflated, pretentious language used for trivial subjects.
- (BOMBAST) Padding made of cotton and rags used to stuff in the linings of 16th-century garments.
