Definition of bombastic Bombastic

/bɑmbæˈstɪk/ - [bambastik] - bom•bas•tic

We found 5 definitions of bombastic from 3 different sources.

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What does bombastic mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

bombastic - ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"
  declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid
  rhetorical given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • bombastic (Adjective)
    showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous.
  • bombastic (Adjective)
    High-sounding but with little meaning.
  • bombastic (Adjective)
    Inflated, overfilled.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • bombastic (a.)
    Alt. of Bombastical

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