Bombastic and Pedantic

Bombastic

Bombastic adjective - Marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases.

Pedantic and bombastic are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pedantic" instead an adjective "Bombastic".

Nearby Word: bombast

Pedantic

Pedantic adjective - Marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects.
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Synonyms for Pedantic

Bombastic and pedantic are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bombastic" instead an adjective "Pedantic".

Nearby Words: pedantry, pedant
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