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Definitions for Bombast
[1] speech too pompous for an occasion; pretentious words.
[2] Obsolete . cotton or other material used to stuff garments; padding.
[3] Obsolete . bombastic.
[4] pompous and grandiloquent language
[5] obsolete material used for padding
Words related to Bombast
grandiosity, grandiloquence, rhetoric, rodomontade, exaggeration, magniloquence, bluster, gasconade, rage, rant, stuff, pad, braggadocio, pomposity, balderdash, fustian, turgidity, rave, cotton, rhapsody
Words nearby Bombast
bombarde, bombardier, bombardier beetle, bombardon, bombasine, bombast, bombastic, bombax family, bombay, bombay duck, bombay hills
Origin of Bombast
1560–70; earlier bombace padding < Middle French < Medieval Latin bombācem, accusative of bombāx; see bombax family
Word origin for Bombast
C16: from Old French bombace , from Medieval Latin bombāx cotton; see bombacaceous
Synonyms for Bombast
balderdash, bluster, braggadocio, cotton, exaggeration, fustian, gasconade, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, pad, pomposity, rage, rant, rave, rhapsody, rhetoric, rodomontade, stuff, tumidity, turgidity, altiloquence, bombastry, padded, stuffed, tympany