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bombast

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Entry Word: bombast
Function: noun
Meaning: 1 boastful speech or writing <filling a speech with bombast about one's unique qualifications for student council is usually a bad idea>
Synonyms bluster, brag, braggadocio, gas, grandiloquence, hot air, rant
Related Words rhapsody, rhetoric; babble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, jabber, prattle; jawing, patter, prating, yammering; egotism, self-conceit, self-importance
2 language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere <you need less bombast and more evidence in this paper> — see rhetoric 1

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