bombastic.
showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
Meaning & usage
showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
High‐sounding but with little meaning.
Loud, aggressive, highly exaggerated, or explosive in manner or delivery; over‐the‐top.
Inflated, overfilled.
Where this word comes from
From bombast (“padding, stuffing”) + -ic, 18th century. Sense evolution possibly influenced by unrelated bomb and bombard; see also bombard phrase.
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