bombast
31bombast — Synonyms and related words: absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bibble babble, blabber, blather, bluster, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bombastry, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bravado, claptrap, conceit, double… …
32Bombast — Vattering; svulst, ordgyderi …
33bombast — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. boasting, braggadocio, grandiloquence, exaggeration. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. grandiloquence, rant, fustian, pomposity; see nonsense 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. grandiloquence, rodomontade,… …
34Bombast — Bom|bạst 〈m.; Gen.: es; Pl.: unz.〉 1. 〈urspr.〉 Baumwollstoff zum Aufbauschen der Kleider 2. 〈umg.〉 Prunk, Überladenheit 3. Schwulst (des Schreib od. Redestils), Wortschwall [Etym.: engl., »Schwulst«; → Bombasin] …
35bombast — bom|bast [ bam,bæst ] noun uncount VERY FORMAL talk that is impressive but not sincere …
36bombast — bom·bast || bÉ’mbæst n. trite cliches, hackneyed expressions, empty words …
37bombast — [ bɒmbast] noun high sounding language with little meaning. Derivatives bombastic bɒm bastɪk adjective bombastically adverb Origin C16 (denoting cotton wool used as padding, later used figuratively): from OFr. bombace, from med. L. bombax, bombac …
38bombast — n. Fustian, rodomontade, rant, altiloquence, magniloquence, sesquipedalianism, grandiloquence, sesquipedalia verba, turgid talk, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology …
39bombast — n grandiosity, rodomontade, pomposity, magniloquence, grandiloquence; tumidity, turgidity, flatulence, Archaic. tympany; extravagance, rant, highflown language, sesquipedality; bravado, braggadocio, gasconade …
40bombast — bom·bast …
