Definition of bombast

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Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

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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..
Gigantesque :: Gigantesque (a.) Befitting a giant; bombastic; magniloquent.
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
High-flown :: High-flown (a.) Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language..
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Highfaluting :: Highfaluting (n.) High-flown, bombastic language..
Bombastry :: Bombastry (n.) Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding..
Stiltify :: Stilted (a.) Elevated as if on stilts; hence, pompous; bombastic; as, a stilted style; stilted declamation..
Grandiloquence :: Grandiloquence (n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
Carmagnole :: Carmagnole (n.) A bombastic report from the French armies.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool..
Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
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..
Rant :: Rant (n.) High-sounding language, without importance or dignity of thought; boisterous, empty declamation; bombast; as, the rant of fanatics..
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
Grandiose :: Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style..
Puffy :: Puffy (a.) Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style..
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