Definition of bombast

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Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

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Grandiloquence :: Grandiloquence (n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Teratology :: Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
Bumbast :: Bumbast () See Bombast.
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Carmagnole :: Carmagnole (n.) A bombastic report from the French armies.
Fustian :: Fustian (n.) An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used,' above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast..
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding..
Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
High-flown :: High-flown (a.) Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language..
Bombast :: Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
Rant :: Rant (v. i.) To rave in violent, high-sounding, or extravagant language, without dignity of thought; to be noisy, boisterous, and bombastic in talk or declamation; as, a ranting preacher..
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style..
Stiltify :: Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation..
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
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