bombast
/ˈbɒmbæst/
Dictionary
noun
- Cotton, or cotton wool.
- Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
- High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
verb
- To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.
- To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.
adjective
- Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.
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