bombastic
bombastic is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Characterized by bombast; highsounding; inflated. -- Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv. A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. Burke.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- absurdity
- alliteration
- alliterative
- altiloquence
- altiloquent
- anticlimax
- antithesis
- antithetical
- artificial
- awkward
- baroque
- bathos
- bear
- bizarre
- bombast
- buffoonery
- burlesque
- comedy
- comical
- comicality
- commit
- contemptible
- dancing
- declamation
- declamatory
- derisive
- doggerel
- droll
- drollery
- drollish
- eccentric
- eccentricity
- elegance
- euphemism
- euphemistic
- euphuism
- euphuist
- euphuistic
- extravagance
- extravagant
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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