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as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
the other world leaders at the international conference had little interest in being subjected to the president's bombast
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as in grandiloquence
language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere
you need less bombast and more substance in this speech on human rights
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Recent Examples of bombast
Jews tend to teach their children to be wary of fascism from a very young age, with its nationalist bombast, its cult of masculinity, its contempt for pluralism and its relentless, bludgeoning lies.
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Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
As for any hint of bombast, by the standards of CBGBs, Talking Heads played at a volume that was nothing short of demure.
—Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
Despite the lack of bombast, The Alters tells a compelling and heartfelt narrative, with some goofier moments to break up the unrelenting drama.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 14 June 2025
The closest approximations to conventional pop motifs — the strongest ones on the record — err on bombast and balladry.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 May 2025
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Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 21 May 2025
As for any hint of bombast, by the standards of CBGBs, Talking Heads played at a volume that was nothing short of demure.
—Rolling Stone, 16 June 2025
Despite the lack of bombast, The Alters tells a compelling and heartfelt narrative, with some goofier moments to break up the unrelenting drama.
—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 14 June 2025
The closest approximations to conventional pop motifs — the strongest ones on the record — err on bombast and balladry.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombast
Noun
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Trump ordered some 450 federal agents to patrol the nation's capital and target crime on Aug. 9 and 10 amid his escalating rhetoric condemning violent crime in the city.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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His rhetoric echoed that used by conservative politicians going back decades who have denounced American cities, especially those with majority non-white populations or led by progressive politicians, as lawless or crime-ridden and in need of outside intervention.—
Matt Brown,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Aug. 2025
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Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence.—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
13 June 2023
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Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.—
Michael Nordine,
Variety,
11 Aug. 2022
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Scientific reliability is swapped out in exchange for braggadocio about disrupting a medical status quo that may not even need it.—
Arthur Caplan & James Tabery,
Scientific American,
28 July 2025
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His musical template of youthful braggadocio and disarming sensitivity should be recognizable to anyone that has absorbed his work.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
23 July 2025
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Share wins as punchy screenshots Nobody has time for your three-paragraph humble brag about closing a big deal.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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There’s a whole new tone and dynamism to LinkedIn: more human, less not-so-humble brag.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Alexander Isak’s prospective move from Newcastle United to Liverpool has developed into the transfer saga of the summer, yet for all the noise and bluster, nothing has actually happened as of yet.—
Harry De Cosemo,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Buddusky tries to fill the room with noise, jokes, bluster.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 July 2025
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That means subway rumbles, office chatter, and café chaos all fade into the background.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
6 Aug. 2025
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For years, there has been chatter among technologists in national security circles about the need to improve software delivery in the federal government.—
Lisa Umberger,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Bombast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombast. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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