bombastic

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18th century, from bombast. Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/
• (America) IPA: /bɑmˈbæs.tʰɪk/

Adjective

bombastic

1. (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

   seeSynonyms en

2. High-sounding but with little meaning.
3. (archaic) Inflated, overfilled.

   Synonyms: inflated, turgid

Antonyms

• (pompous or overly wordy) seeSynonyms en

Translations

• French: ampoulé, enflé, boursouflé, pompeux
• German: bombastisch
• Italian: pomposo, magniloquente, ampolloso
• Portuguese: bombástico
• Russian: напы́щенный
• Spanish: bombástico, rimbombante, altisonante, ampuloso, pomposo, hinchado, grandilocuente, grandílocuo

Translations

• French: verbeux, abscons
• German: bombastisch
• Russian: напы́щенный

Translations

• German: bombastisch
• Spanish: bombástico

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