HyperDic: bombast

English > 1 sense of the word bombast:
NOUNcommunicationbombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blahpompous or pretentious talk or writing
bombast > pronunciation
Soundsbaa'mbaest
Rhymesaghast ... vast: 42 rhymes with aest...
English > bombast: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
Meaningpompous or pretentious talk or writing.
Synonymsfustian, rant, claptrap, blah
Broadergrandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoricHigh-flown style
Spanishaltisonancia, ampulosidad, bla, charlatanería, chorrada, discurso rimbombante, pomposidad, rimbombancia
Catalanbla, galimaties, pompositat
Adjectivesbombasticostentatiously lofty in style

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