Meaning & use
bombastic
Using inflated, pompous language that sounds impressive but conveys little real meaning.
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The politician's bombastic speech was full of grand promises but short on specific plans.
Critics mocked the film's bombastic dialogue as overwritten and unnatural.
A note on using this word
Bombastic describes style, not volume; a bombastic writer can sound grand even in a whisper of a sentence.
Words with a similar meaning
pompousgrandioseoverblown
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