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bombastic

UK
/bɒmˈbæstɪk/
US
/bɑmˈbæstɪk/

Translations

bombasticadjective
more bombastic
Comp.
most bombastic
Super.
UK
/bɒmˈbæstɪk/
US
/bɑmˈbæstɪk/
The politician's bombastic speech was full of grand promises but lacked any real substance.
Le discours grandiloquent du politicien regorgeait de grandes promesses, mais manquait de substance réelle.
Critics dismissed the author's bombastic prose as style over substance.
Les critiques ont rejeté la prose pompeuse de l'auteur, y voyant plus de style que de substance.
Additional translations
ampouléSurtout pour le style, le ton ou le langage, avec une nuance plus littéraire.
Synonyms
pompous
grandiloquent
overblown
pretentious
inflated
high-flown
flowery
verbose
Antonyms
unpretentious
simple
modest
humble

Definitions

bombasticadjective
High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.
The politician's bombastic speech was full of grand promises but lacked any real substance.
Using or characterized by pompous, pretentious, or inflated language.
Critics dismissed the author's bombastic prose as style over substance.
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