The slender part of a flower pistil, connecting the ovary and the stigma. The pollen tube grows through the style delivering the pollen nuclei to the ovary.
Turgid
implies such inflation of style as to obscure meaning
Euphuistic
is applied to an extremely artificial style of writing in which there is a straining for effect at the expense of thought
Flowery
language is full of figurative and ornate expressions and high-sounding words
Grandiloquent
suggests an overreaching eloquence and implies the use of grandiose, high-flown language and an oratorical tone
Bombastic
refers to speech or writing that is pompous and inflated and suggests extravagant verbal padding and little substance
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This is a singular prose poem, in language sometimes rather bombastic but often beautiful.
His most important poem is Wladystaus IV., King of Poland, in which he sings in a very bombastic strain the various expeditions of the Polish monarch.
He's not bombastic, just clear-headed and positive about the priorities which matter to him.
This one, written for some reason in conjunction with a former colleague, is too bombastic just a tad.
A lot of the cheerleaders and the cheers are stereotyped and exaggerated - for example, the choreographer who is hired by the Toros squad is bombastic, vain, and (in the end) crooked.