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bombastic
Meaning: high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated
bombastic in a sentence
How bombastic is used in real sentences:
The politician's bombastic speech impressed no one.
The politician's bombastic speech impressed no one.
“An official draft opened with the bombastic promise that “the immortal tongue would conquer time and awaken civilization,” yet it offered no evidence.”
— from the passage Voices Across Generations
Synonyms for bombastic
Other words for bombastic — pompous, grandiose and pretentious — carry the same meaning.
Antonyms of bombastic
Words that mean the opposite of bombastic:
- simple
- modest
- understated
Where it comes from
From Greek bombyx 'silk, padding'
Memory hook
BOMBASTIC speech drops BOMBS of empty big words.