- bombastic words
- pretentious talk, high-flown language, pompous language
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
bombastic words
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bombastic — grandiloquent, magniloquent, *rhetorical, aureate, flowery, euphuistic Analogous words: *inflated, turgid, tumid: verbose, diffuse, *wordy: eloquent, voluble, fluent, articulate, *vocal Contrasted words: temperate, unimpassioned, *sober: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
bombastic — [bäm bas′tik] adj. using or characterized by high sounding but unimportant or meaningless language; pompous; grandiloquent bombastically adv. SYN. BOMBASTIC refers to speech or writing that is pompous and inflated and suggests extravagant verbal… … English World dictionary
big words — bombastic words … English contemporary dictionary
bombastic — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. pompous, declamatory, grandiloquent, orotund, lofty, inflated, grandiose, rhetorical, high sounding, high flown, fustian, flowery, florid, pretentious, ostentatious, overwrought, overblown, magniloquent, euphuistic,… … English dictionary for students
bombastic — bombastically, adv. /bom bas tik/, adj. (of speech, writing, etc.) high sounding; high flown; inflated; pretentious. Also, bombastical. [1695 1705; BOMBAST + IC] Syn. pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid, grandiose. BOMBASTIC, FLOWERY,… … Universalium
bombastic — bom|bas|tic [bɔmˈbæstık US ba:m ] adj [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: bombast bombastic language (16 21 centuries), from Old French bombace soft material for filling something , from Medieval Latin bombax cotton ] bombastic language contains long words … Dictionary of contemporary English
bombastic — adjective bombastic language contains long important sounding words that have no real meaning: Pennant s pushy and bombastic manner bombast noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
bombastic — bom|bas|tic [ bam bæstık ] adjective using words that are intended to impress people but do not sound sincere or do not express things very clearly: the bombastic pronouncements of so many politicians … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bombastic — UK [bɒmˈbæstɪk] / US [bɑmˈbæstɪk] adjective using words that are intended to impress people but do not sound sincere or do not express things very clearly the bombastic pronouncements of so many politicians … English dictionary
bombastic — Synonyms and related words: Latinate, aureate, awkward, big, bloated, cramped, cumbrous, declamatory, elephantine, euphuistic, extravagant, flatulent, flowery, forced, formal, fustian, gassy, grandiloquent, grandiose, guinde, halting, heavy, high … Moby Thesaurus
