bombastic[adjective]Synonyms: grandiloquent, grandiose, high-flown, inflated, pompous, verbose, wordy
Contrasted words: unimpassioned, unaffected
Related Words: flatulent [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
bom‧bas‧tic /bɒmˈbæstɪk $ bɑːm-/
adjective[
Date: 1700-1800;
Origin: bombast 'bombastic language' (16-21 centuries), from Old French bombace 'soft material for filling something', from Medieval Latin bombax 'cotton']
bombastic language contains long words that sound important but have no real meaning:
He is best known for three rather bombastic poems.—bombast /ˈbɒmbæst $ ˈbɑːm-/
noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲