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bombast

/ˈbɒmbæst/

noun

Meaning

  • Cotton, or cotton wool.

  • Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.

  • High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.

Synonyms

fustian,
aureation,
bombard phrase,
fustian,
grandiloquence,
purple prose

verb

Meaning

  • To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.

  • To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.

adjective

Meaning

  • Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.

Synonyms

aureate,
highfalutin