bombastic

Meaning of bombastic

adjective
  1. high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.
    bombastic rhetoric
    bombastic music that drowned out what anyone was saying

Information about bombastic

  • It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of bombastic

bom-bas-tic

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • bombastic is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

bombastic synonyms

Meaning declamatory:

declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid

Meaning affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important:

pompous

Meaning (of a storm, wind, or rain) blowing or beating fiercely and noisily:

blustering

Meaning speaking at length in an angry and impassioned way:

ranting

Meaning the action of talking long-windedly without making very much sense:

blathering

Meaning using or expressed in more words than are needed:

verbose

Meaning using or expressed in rather too many words:

wordy

Meaning (of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory:

periphrastic

Meaning (especially of speech, writing, or ideas) pompous or pretentious:

highfalutin

Meaning of imposing height:

lofty

Meaning in a state of nervous excitement or anxiety:

overwrought

Meaning (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow:

convoluted

Meaning attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed:

pretentious

Meaning influenced or touched by an external factor:

affected

Meaning characterized by pretentious or showy display; designed to impress:

ostentatious

Meaning pompous or extravagant in language, style, or manner, especially in a way that is intended to impress:

grandiloquent

Meaning using high-flown or bombastic language:

magniloquent

Meaning thick, hard-wearing twilled cloth with a short nap, usually dyed in dark colours:

fustian

bombastic antonyms

Meaning uncomplicated and easy to do or understand:

straightforward

Words that rhyme with bombastic

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