bombastic

I

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. pompous, declamatory, grandiloquent, orotund, lofty, inflated, grandiose, rhetorical, high-sounding, high-flown, fustian, flowery, florid, pretentious, ostentatious, overwrought, overblown, magniloquent, euphuistic, turgid, flatulent; see also oratorical .

Syn.- bombastic refers to speech or writing that is pompous and inflated and suggests extravagant verbal padding and little substance; grandiloquent suggests an overreaching eloquence and implies the use of grandiose, high-flown language and an oratorical tone; flowery language is full of figurative and ornate expressions and high-sounding words; euphuistic is applied to an extremely artificial style of writing in which there is a straining for effect at the expense of thought; turgid implies such inflation of style as to obscure meaning

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a.

[bom BAS tik]

pompous, high-sounding speech or writing.

He tried too hard to make an impression; his speech was wordy and bombastic.

SYN.: pompous, high-sounding, grandiloquent, grandiose, flaunting, pretentious, turgid, euphuistic, inflated, fustian, windy, flamboyant, flowery.

ANT.: understated, restrained, subtle

III

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Characterized by language that is elevated and sometimes pompous in style: aureate, declamatory, flowery, fustian, grandiloquent, high-flown, high-sounding, magniloquent, orotund, overblown, rhetorical, sonorous, swollen. See PLAIN, STYLE, WORDS.