Meaning & use

bombastic

adjective·Advanced

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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