Bombast synonyms
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The definition of balderdash is oral or written communication that is silly or dumb.
Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech.
The quality of being pompous; ostentation; self-importance
nonsense (related)
Something foolish.
Inclined to brag; boasting
High-sounding but with little meaning.
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Marked by passion or pomposity; bombastic
The definition of grandiloquent is something with big words used in a overly self-assured way.
Having grandeur or magnificence; imposing; impressive
(Figuratively) Containing excessive, meaningless words, particularly for show
Speaking pompously; using swelling discourse; bombastic; tumid in style; grandiloquent.
Full of high-sounding phrases; bombastic:
Used for persuasive effect:
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Stiffly or artificially formal; stiff:
Becoming swollen; swelling.
The definition of turgid is something swollen or bloated, or language or style that is designed to show-off.
altiloquence
Pompous language; lofty speech.
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The definition of a bluster is a stormy blowing of air or a noisy commotion.
A braggart
(Countable) An item of clothing made from cotton.
Boastfulness; bravado.
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The state of being grandiose (pompous or pretentious).
Anything made of or stuffed with soft material to fill out a shape, protect against friction, pressure, jarring, or blows, etc.; cushion
Exalted or excessively enthusiastic expression of feeling in speech or writing.
A treatise or book on this
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Vain boasting; a rant; pretentious behaviour.
Special capability:
tumidity
The condition of being tumid
tympany
(Archaic) Inflated manner or style; bombast.
A contrivance for clapping in theaters.
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The quality of being magniloquent; pompous discourse; grandiloquence.
The quality of being orotund.
Ranting speech
plain (related)
Something free of ornamentation or extraneous matter.
style (related)
(Zoology) A slender, tubular, or bristlelike process:
words (related)
Pretentious, pompous speech or writing
Worthless nonsense; drivel.
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theatrics (related)
pretentiousness (related)
histrionics (related)
sentimentality (related)
vulgarity (related)
flamboyance (related)
bravado (related)
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Find another word for bombast. In this page you can discover 56 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for bombast, like: balderdash, grandiloquence, fustian, pomposity, nonsense, boastful, bombastic, declamatory, grandiloquent, grandiose and inflated.
