Definition of bombast

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

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Spreader :: Spread-eagle (a.) Characterized by a pretentious, boastful, exaggerated style; defiantly or extravagantly bombastic; as, a spread-eagle orator; a spread-eagle speech..
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..
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..
Inflated :: Inflated (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style..
Grandiloquent :: Grandiloquent (a.) Speaking in a lofty style; pompous; bombastic.
Tumor :: Tumor (n.) Affected pomp; bombast; swelling words or expressions; false magnificence or sublimity.
Bombastic :: Bombastic (a.) Alt. of Bombastica.
Bombast :: Bombast (a.) High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
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..
Teratology :: Teratology (n.) Affectation of sublimity; bombast.
Bombast :: Bombast (v. t.) To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
Grandiose :: Grandiose (a.) Characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor; flaunting; turgid; bombastic; -- in a bad sense; as, a grandiose style..
Lexiphanic :: Lexiphanic (a.) Using, or interlarded with, pretentious words; bombastic; as, a lexiphanic writer or speaker; lexiphanic writing..
Tumid :: Tumid (a.) Swelling in sound or sense; pompous; puffy; inflated; bombastic; falsely sublime; turgid; as, a tumid expression; a tumid style..
Tumorous :: Tumorous (a.) Inflated; bombastic.
Tympany :: Tympany (n.) Hence, inflation; conceit; bombast; turgidness..
Bombast :: Bombast (n.) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding..
Turgescency :: Turgescency (n.) Empty magnificence or pompousness; inflation; bombast; turgidity.
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