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
Example sentences :
  • 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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