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BOMBASTIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does bombastic mean?
• BOMBASTIC (adjective)
The adjective BOMBASTIC has 1 sense:
1. ostentatiously lofty in style
Familiarity information: BOMBASTIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ostentatiously lofty in style
Synonyms:
bombastic; declamatory; large; orotund; tumid; turgid
Context example:
tumid political prose
Similar:
rhetorical (given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought)
Derivation:
bombast (pompous or pretentious talk or writing)
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