Antonyms for bombastic
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : bom-bas-tik |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɒmˈbæs tɪk |
Definition of bombastic
Origin :- 1704, "inflated," from bombast + -ic. Meaning "given to bombastic language" is from 1727.
- adj pompous, grandiloquent
- Besides all which, even the report of his wealth seemed to him, he said, bombastic nonsense.
- Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
- His language in those telegrams and letters was highfaluting and bombastic.
- Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
- It was bombastic stuff, but my blind, boyish belief in it gave it dignity.
- Extract from : « A Son of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
- And to think, in a moment of spite, I'd have given it to that bombastic warrior!
- Extract from : « Two Men of Sandy Bar » by Bret Harte
- There is a great deal of ostentation and bombastic pomp about it.
- Extract from : « Venice » by Dorothy Menpes
- Was this but gigantic, bombastic, Quixotic posing after all?
- Extract from : « Nothing But the Truth » by Frederic S. Isham
- Strutting, swaggering, blustering, bombastic swashbucklers all.
- Extract from : « Discourses of Keidansky » by Bernard G. Richards
- Bombastic display usurped the subtle humor intended by the author.
- Extract from : « Nat Goodwin's Book » by Nat C. Goodwin
- His style was bombastic and diffuse, and like them, he was superficial and literal-minded.
- Extract from : « History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6) » by Heinrich Graetz
- He was not one bit impressed with the bombastic visitor from Greenville.
- Extract from : « Bound to Succeed » by Allen Chapman
Synonyms for bombastic
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