bombast
Meaning of bombast
noun
- high-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people.
the bombast of gung-ho militarism
mid 16th century (denoting raw cotton or cotton wool used as padding, later used figuratively): from Old French bombace, from medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, alteration of bombyx ‘silkworm’ (see bombazine).
Information about bombast
- It is a name.
- The plural form of bombast is: bombasts.
- Languages in which bombast is used:
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Hyphenation of bombast
bom-bast
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- bombast is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bombast synonyms
Meaning fustian:
Meaning loud, aggressive, or indignant talk with little effect:
Meaning the quality of being pompous; self-importance:
Meaning lengthy, angry, and impassioned speech:
Meaning spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense:
Meaning deceptive or false talk or behaviour:
Meaning empty, pompous, or boastful talk; meaningless rhetoric:
Meaning long-winded talk with no real substance:
Meaning the fact or quality of using more words than needed; wordiness:
Meaning excessively lengthy or technical speech or writing:
Meaning the use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing:
Meaning an artificial, highly elaborate way of writing or speaking:
Meaning the character or quality of being affected or pretentious:
Meaning the pretentious or showy display of wealth and luxury, designed to impress:
Meaning use of high-flown language:
Meaning nonsense:
Meaning foolish talk or ideas:
Meaning nonsense; rubbish:
Meaning boastful or arrogant behaviour:
Meaning boastful or inflated talk or behaviour:
Words that rhyme with bombast
Bast, bast, lambast, unbombast, bandobast
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