bombastic
12
8.5
- adjective
- /bɑmˈbæstɪk/
:
pomposo
- Her bombastic remarks at the party made her seem more concerned with showing off than having a real conversation.
And so their behavior is, is just bombastic.
- And so their behavior is, is just bombastic.
- So he says this intention to compel other people by means of motivation underlies even the merely bombastic lie.
- So Governor Abbott here in Texas made this bombastic claim on Twitter that anti-Semitism will not be tolerated in Texas, period.
- Meanwhile, Iran has a new president who's repudiated all of the bombastic style and things that former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said.
- He's just because he's bombastic, overbearing and looks larger in life because you've made him look larger in life.
- It's not the big fanfare bombastic launch as the flagship and then it trends upwards over time more so than the higher end as they trend out.
Examples
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You don't appear to be able to get past simply making bombastic statements without any sense to them.
Blog text (8) -
The bombastic approach is obvious, and it hardly ever gets points for style.
Academic text (2011) -
It's just as bombastic as the rest of the album, but in a way that works.
Blog text (17) -
Are you waiting for me to fill my chest with air and deliver a bombastic speech on the masses, the sun?
Academic text (1997) -
Both were cautioned against using obscure or bombastic expressions.
Academic text (1996) -
There is something bombastic, loud, uncouth, not very refined or subtle in the colors and in the balance.
Academic text (1998) -
Clyde's wife was small and quiet, Clyde large and bombastic.
Academic text (2007) -
And Ted Cruz gives us, oh, actually, wait, I'm sorry, previously, Ted Cruz had given this bombastic speech on the Senate floor.
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Meanwhile, Iran has a new president who's repudiated all of the bombastic style and things that former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said.
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The politician's speech was filled with bombastic rhetoric that impressed few and confused many.
Synonyms
74
7.3
Trying to seem more important or clever than you really are
57
5.8
Acting more important and formal than necessary
28
5.7
Exaggerated and showy in style or speech
12
7.5
Exaggerated language not meant to be taken literally
3
8.9
Language that uses long, fancy words to seem important but is hard to read
1
8.2
Seeming important or impressive but lacking real meaning and honesty
1
9.9
Using long, fancy words to sound important
1
8.3
Speaking loudly and in a dramatic way to try to impress people
1
7.4
Loud words that try to threaten or impress but have no real meaning
1
8.9
Using words or ideas that sound grand and showy but feel unrealistic
Speech or writing that uses big words to seem important
To use very big, showy words to sound important
Speech or writing that uses very grand, showy language
Showing off and acting more important than others
Using long, difficult words in speech or writing
Antonyms
How Pompous
- Literature
1
9.9
12
8.5
- Literature
26
7.0
- Formal
63
3.0
89
2.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bombastic comes from an old word bombast that meant 'cotton' or 'stuffing' used to make clothes puff out. That image of something 'puffed up' helps you remember why bombastic means speech that is full of big words but with little real meaning.