Bombastic
Bombastic adjective - Marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases.
Usage example: a bombastic speech intended to impress the voters in her congressional district
Bloated and bombastic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Bloated" instead an adjective "Bombastic".
Nearby Word: bombast
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- affected and bombastic
- affected and bloated
- rhetorical and bombastic
- rhetorical and bloated
- lofty and bombastic
- lofty and bloated
- self-important and bombastic
- self-important and bloated
- pretentious and bombastic
- pretentious and bloated
- grandiose and bombastic
- grandiose and bloated
- inflated and bombastic
- inflated and bloated
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