Associations to the word «Bombast»
Wiktionary
BOMBAST, noun. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
BOMBAST, noun. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
BOMBAST, noun. (figuratively) High-sounding words; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking; language above the dignity of the occasion.
BOMBAST, verb. To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
BOMBAST, adjective. High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
Dictionary definition
BOMBAST, noun. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
Wise words
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