Definition of bombast

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Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.

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Bombastical :: Bombastical (a.) Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Bombast :: Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
Periergy :: Periergy (n.) A bombastic or labored style.
Teratology :: Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Inflated; bombastic.
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Originally, cotton, or cotton wool..
Turgent :: Turgent (a.) Inflated; bombastic; turgid; pompous.
Grandiloquence :: Grandiloquence (n.) The use of lofty words or phrases; bombast; -- usually in a bad sense.
Grandiose :: Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant; as, swelling words; a swelling style..
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..
Declamatory :: Declamatory (a.) Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style..
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
High-flown :: High-flown (a.) Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language..
Highfaluting :: Highfaluting (n.) High-flown, bombastic language..
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
Magniloquent :: Magniloquent (a.) Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
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