bombast

Meaning of bombast

noun
  1. high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people.
    the bombast of gung-ho militarism

mid 16th century (denoting raw cotton or cotton wool used as padding, later used figuratively): from Old French bombace, from medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, alteration of bombyx ‘silkworm’ (see bombazine).

Information about bombast

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of bombast is: bombasts.
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Hyphenation of bombast

bom-bast

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • bombast is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

bombast synonyms

Meaning fustian:

fustian, rant, claptrap, blah

Meaning loud, aggressive, or indignant talk with little effect:

bluster

Meaning the quality of being pompous; self-importance:

pomposity

Meaning lengthy, angry, and impassioned speech:

ranting

Meaning spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense:

nonsense

Meaning deceptive or false talk or behaviour:

humbug

Meaning empty, pompous, or boastful talk; meaningless rhetoric:

wind

Meaning long-winded talk with no real substance:

blather, blether

Meaning the fact or quality of using more words than needed; wordiness:

verbosity

Meaning excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing:

verbiage

Meaning the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing:

periphrasis

Meaning an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking:

euphuism

Meaning the character or quality of being affected or pretentious:

affectedness

Meaning the pretentious or showy display of wealth and luxury, designed to impress:

ostentation

Meaning use of high-flown language:

magniloquence

Meaning nonsense:

bunkum

Meaning foolish talk or ideas:

guff

Meaning nonsense; rubbish:

bosh

Meaning boastful or arrogant behaviour:

braggadocio

Meaning boastful or inflated talk or behaviour:

rodomontade

Words that rhyme with bombast

Bast, bast, lambast, unbombast, bandobast

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