What does bombast mean in English? Meaning of bombast definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "bombast": pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Noun
Meaning: pompous or pretentious talk or writingSynonyms: blah
bombast
claptrap
fustian
rantHypernyms: grandiloquence
grandiosity
magniloquence
ornateness
rhetoricAdjective: Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. Lupton a candle with a wick of bombastLupton a candle with a wick of bombastCotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding. Shakespeare How now, my sweet creature of bombast! Stubbes doublets, stuffed with four, five, or six pounds of bombast at leastShakespeare How now, my sweet creature of bombast!Stubbes doublets, stuffed with four, five, or six pounds of bombast at least(figuratively) High-sounding words; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking; language above the dignity of the occasion. Dryden Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid. 1898, William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, in War and Other Essays, Yale, published 1911, page 331: Upon a little serious examination the off-hand disposal of an important question of policy by the declaration that Americans can do anything proves to be only a silly piece of bombast.Dryden Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid.1898, William Graham Sumner, “The Conquest of the United States by Spain”, in War and Other Essays, Yale, published 1911, page 331: Upon a little serious examination the off-hand disposal of an important question of policy by the declaration that Americans can do anything proves to be only a silly piece of bombast.Synonyms:
grandiosity, grandiloquence, rhetoric, rodomontade, exaggeration, magniloquence, bluster, gasconade, rage, rant, stuff, pad, braggadocio, pomposity, balderdash, fustian, turgidity, rave, cotton, padded, stuffed, tumidity, rhapsody, altiloquence, bombastry, tympany,
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