bombast

[ bom-bast ]

/ ˈbɒm bæst /

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noun

speech too pompous for an occasion; pretentious words.

Obsolete. cotton or other material used to stuff garments; padding.

adjective

Obsolete. bombastic.

Origin of bombast

1560–70; earlier bombace padding < Middle French < Medieval Latin bombācem, accusative of bombāx; see bombax family

Words nearby bombast

bombarde, bombardier, bombardier beetle, bombardon, bombasine, bombast, bombastic, bombax family, bombay, bombay duck, bombay hills

Example sentences from the Web for bombast

In the midst of all her bombast, I suddenly saw her as the sad, lonely old woman she was.

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Bombast was trumping originality and critics were at the end of their ropes with it.

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A few weeks later the target of his bombast had been expanded to all mental health patients.

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He was to be Iran's moderate president, reflecting public sentiment to avoid the bombast of the erstwhile Ahmadinejad.

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The line captures the intriguing paradox that is West, a mélange of petulance, bombast, unintentional—or intentional?

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We have no longer the bombast and unreality of the revolutionary epic.

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The declamation sometimes shows Dryden at his best, the bombast and horrors are in Lee's worst vein.

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This utterly surprising rejoinder was given without a suspicion of concern or bombast.

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He tried to cover his errors by brags and bombast, which became ridiculous, and which are yet not without significance.

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He was betrayed into this bombast, which his better taste rejected, by the attempt to carry on the hyperbolical strain of Statius.

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British Dictionary definitions for bombast

bombast

/ (ˈbɒmbæst) /

noun

pompous and grandiloquent language

obsolete material used for padding

Derived forms of bombast

bombastic, adjective bombastically, adverb

Word Origin for bombast

C16: from Old French bombace, from Medieval Latin bombāx cotton; see bombacaceous

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