bombast
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noun \ˈbäm-ˌbast\Definition of BOMBAST
: pretentious inflated speech or writing
See Examples of BOMBAST
- <the other world leaders at the international conference had little interest in being subjected to the president's bombast>
- <you need less bombast and more substance in this speech on human rights>
Origin of BOMBAST
Middle English bombast cotton padding, from Middle French bombace, from Medieval Latin bombac-, bombax cotton, alteration of Latin bombyc-, bombyx silkworm, silk, from Greek bombyk-, bombyx
First Known Use: 1583
Related to BOMBAST
- Synonyms
- bluster, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)
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Rhymes with BOMBAST
aghast, at last, avast, bedfast, Belfast, broadcast, bypast, contrast, dicast, dismast, downcast, dynast, fantast, flypast, forecast, foremast, forepassed, full blast, gymnast, half-caste, half-mast, handfast, holdfast, lightfast, mainmast, makefast, march-past, miscast, newscast, oblast, offcast, outcast, outcaste, precast, recast, repast, roughcast, sandblast, sand-cast, shamefast, sportscast, topmast, trade-last, typecast, upcast, webcast, windblast
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