BOMBASTIC

bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid

(adjective) ostentatiously lofty in style; “a man given to large talk”; “tumid political prose”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

bombastic (comparative more bombastic, superlative most bombastic)

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

High-sounding but with little meaning.

(archaic) Inflated, overfilled.

Synonyms: inflated, turgid

Antonyms

• (pompous or overly wordy): See Thesaurus:concise

Source: Wiktionary

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Bom*bas"tic, Bom*bas"tic*al, a.

Definition: Characterized by bombast; highsounding; inflated.

– Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv. A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. Burke.

Syn.

– Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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