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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bom•bas•tic (bom bas′tik),USA pronunciation adj. - (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding;
high-flown;
inflated;
pretentious.
Also, bom•bas′ti•cal. bom•bas′ti•cal•ly, adv. pompous, grandiloquent, turgid, florid, grandiose. Bombastic, flowery, pretentious, verbose all describe a use or a user of language more elaborate than is justified by or appropriate to the content being expressed. Bombastic suggests language with a theatricality or staginess of style far too powerful or declamatory for the meaning or sentiment being expressed:a bombastic sermon on the evils of cardplaying.Flowery describes language filled with extravagant images and ornate expressions:a flowery eulogy.Pretentious refers specifically to language that is purposely inflated in an effort to impress:a pretentious essay designed to demonstrate one's sophistication.Verbose characterizes utterances or speakers that use more words than necessary to express an idea:a verbose speech, speaker. WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024bom•bast /ˈbɑmbæst/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- important-sounding, pompous words;
rhetoric:After all the bombast we couldn't figure out what he was trying to say.
bom•bas•tic, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024bom•bast (bom′bast),USA pronunciation n. - speech too pompous for an occasion;
pretentious words. - [Obs.]cotton or other material used to stuff garments;
padding.
adj. - [Obs.]bombastic.
- Medieval Latin bombācem, accusative of bombāx; see bombax family
- Middle French
- earlier bombace padding 1560–70
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