Bombastic
11bombastic — [[t]bɒ̱mbæ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning. He was vain and bombastic. ...the… …
12bombastic — bom•bas•tic [[t]bɒmˈbæs tɪk[/t]] adj. (of speech, writing, etc.) pompous; high flown • Etymology: 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… …
13bombastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, declamatory, grandiloquent, orotund, lofty, inflated, grandiose, rhetorical, high sounding, high flown, fustian, flowery, florid, pretentious, ostentatious, overwrought, overblown, magniloquent, euphuistic,… …
14bombastic — adjective bombastic language contains long important sounding words that have no real meaning: Pennant s pushy and bombastic manner bombast noun (U) …
15bombastic — bom|bas|tic [ bam bæstık ] adjective using words that are intended to impress people but do not sound sincere or do not express things very clearly: the bombastic pronouncements of so many politicians …
16bombastic — UK [bɒmˈbæstɪk] / US [bɑmˈbæstɪk] adjective using words that are intended to impress people but do not sound sincere or do not express things very clearly the bombastic pronouncements of so many politicians …
17bombastic language — index fustian Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
18bombastic speech — index rhetoric (insincere language) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
19bombastic — adjective Date: 1704 marked by or given to bombast ; pompous, overblown • bombastically adverb …
20bombastic — adjective /bɒmˈbæs.tɪk,bɑmˈbæs.tʰɪk/ a) Pompous or overly wordy. b) High sounding but with little meaning. Syn: blustering, grandiloquent, pompous, verbose, florid, inflated …
