bombastic
Showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate termsShowy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
» I don't usually like bombastic music.
Зазвичай мені не подобається помпезна музика.
Meaning
4 sensesShowy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
bombastisch, geschwollen, pompös
напы́щенныйnapýščennyj, помпе́зныйpompéznyj, высокопа́рныйvysokopárnyj
High‐sounding but with little meaning.
bombastisch
напы́щенныйnapýščennyj, помпе́зныйpompéznyj
(colloquial)Loud, aggressive, highly exaggerated, or explosive in manner or delivery; over‐the‐top.
(archaic)Inflated, overfilled.
bombastisch
- ostentatiously lofty in style
Examples
4 sentencesI don't usually like bombastic music.
Зазвичай мені не подобається помпезна музика.
Tom is so bombastic.
Том такий набундючений.
The dictator gave a bombastic speech.
Don’t be bombastic.
Translations
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Origin
From bombast (“padding, stuffing”) + -ic, 18th century. Sense evolution possibly influenceFrom bombast (“padding, stuffing”) + -ic, 18th century. Sense evolution possibly influenced by unrelated bomb and bombard; see also bombard phrase.
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Forms
more bombastic, most bombastic| Comparative | more bombastic Lesson |
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| Superlative | most bombastic Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
82 synonyms- ostentatiously lofty in style:declamatorylargeorotundtumidturgid
Antonyms
11 antonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
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