Bombast Synonyms

bŏm'băst'

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Synonyms for Bombast

balderdash
The definition of balderdash is oral or written communication that is silly or dumb.
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boastful
Inclined to brag; boasting
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bombastic
High-sounding but with little meaning.
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fustian
Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech.
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declamatory
Marked by passion or pomposity; bombastic
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inflated
(Figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
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pompous
Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic:
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rhetorical
Used for persuasive effect:
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vainglorious
With excessive vanity or unwarranted pride.
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bluster
The definition of a bluster is a stormy blowing of air or a noisy commotion.
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cotton
(Countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
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rave
One of the upper side pieces of the frame of a wagon body or a sleigh.
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grandiloquence
Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
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pomposity
The quality of being pompous; ostentation; self-importance
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orotundity
The quality of being orotund.
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rant
Ranting speech
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turgidity
The state or quality of being turgid
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grandiloquent
The definition of grandiloquent is something with big words used in a overly self-assured way.
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tumescent
Becoming swollen; swelling.
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tumid
Cancerous, unhealthy
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turgescent
Becoming turgid or swollen.
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turgid
The definition of turgid is something swollen or bloated, or language or style that is designed to show-off.
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boasting
The making of boasts.
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bombastry
Bombastic language
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braggadocio
A braggart
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gasconade
Boastfulness; bravado.
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grandiosity
The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).
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pad
Anything made of or stuffed with soft material to fill out a shape, protect against friction, pressure, jarring, or blows, etc.; cushion
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padded
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rage
A current fashion or fad.
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rhapsody
Exalted or excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing.
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rhetoric
A treatise or book on this
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rodomontade
Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.
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stuff
Special capability:
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stuffed
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tumidity
The condition of being tumid
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tympany
(Archaic) Inflated manner or style; bombast.
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blah
Worthless nonsense; drivel.
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grandiose
Having grandeur or magnificence; imposing; impressive
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magniloquent
Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
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stilted
Stiffly or artificially formal; stiff:
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altiloquence
Pompous language; lofty speech.
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Words Related to Bombast

nonsense
Something foolish.
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plain
Something free of ornamentation or extraneous matter.
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style
(Zoology) A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process:
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words
Pretentious, pompous speech or writing
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theatrics
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vulgarity
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bravado
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  • England Made Me is a fine album that ably demonstrates that not all Britpop albums were about trad glamor or novelty pop bombast.

  • Gamers would analyze any little scrap of information about the game, and the introductory cinematic for games started to gain sophistication and theatrical bombast.

  • The production has more of an uptempo Motown " Quiet Storm " feel to it, than the usual sickening 80s bombast.

  • The stirring melody of the Marseillaise and its ingenious adaptation to the words serve to disguise the alternate poverty and bombast of the words themselves.

  • These songs, which fired the poet's comrades to deeds of heroism in 1813, bear eloquent testimony to the intensity of the national feeling against Napoleon, but judged as literature they contain more bombast than poetry.

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