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bombastic
[ bom-bas-tik ]
adjective
- (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
Synonyms: grandiose, florid, turgid, grandiloquent, pompous
Other Words From
- bom·basti·cal·ly adverb
- unbom·bastic adjective
- unbom·basti·cal·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of bombastic1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
His bombastic approach means he has no shortage of enemies, including within his own party.
On Saturday, there were a handful of bombastic comments coming from Iranian hardliners, but not from Iranian leaders.
Tony has hung up his platform shoes to audition for Broadway musicals, scoring a role in a bombastic dance extravaganza.
As decades of animated Disney movies have taught us, antagonists generally get the best musical numbers, with the freedom to be as egocentric and bombastic as, well, the Joker of the 2019 movie.
Those bombastic songs are paired with more vulnerable, singer-songwriter tracks like The Hit - a homespun ballad where Gartland describes a friendship so close that “if you get the cut, I feel the sting”.
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