bombastic
English
WOTD – 3 January 2008
Alternative forms
- bombastical (archaic)
- bombastick (obsolete)
- bumbastic, bumbastical (obsolete)
Etymology
bombast (“padding, stuffing”) + -ic, 18th century. Sense evolution possibly influenced by unrelated bomb and bombard; see also bombard phrase.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/
- (US) IPA(key): /bɑmˈbæs.tɪk/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -æstɪk
Adjective
bombastic (comparative more bombastic, superlative most bombastic)
- (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:verbose, Thesaurus:arrogant
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:concise
- High-sounding but with little meaning.
- (archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
Related terms
Descendants
- → French: bombastique
- → Portuguese: bombástico
- → Spanish: bombástico
Translations
pompous or overly wordy
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high-sounding but with little meaning
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inflated, overfilled
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from German bombastisch.
Adjective
bombastic m or n (feminine singular bombastică, masculine plural bombastici, feminine and neuter plural bombastice)
Declension
Declension of bombastic
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative | indefinite | bombastic | bombastică | bombastici | bombastice | ||
| definite | bombasticul | bombastica | bombasticii | bombasticele | |||
| genitive/ dative | indefinite | bombastic | bombastice | bombastici | bombastice | ||
| definite | bombasticului | bombasticei | bombasticilor | bombasticelor | |||
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