Definition of Bombastic

1. Adjective. Ostentatiously lofty in style. "Tumid political prose"

Exact synonyms: Declamatory, Large, Orotund, Tumid, Turgid
Similar to: Rhetorical
Derivative terms: Bombast, Largeness, Turgidity, Turgidness

Definition of Bombastic

1. a. Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.

Definition of Bombastic

1. Adjective. (context: of a person, their language or writing) Pompous or overly wordy. ¹

2. Adjective. High-sounding but with little meaning. ¹

3. Adjective. (archaic) Inflated, overfilled. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bombastic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombastic

bombardiers
bombarding
bombardman
bombardmen
bombardment
bombardments
bombardon
bombardons
bombards
bombasine
bombasines
bombast
bombasted
bombaster
bombasters
bombastic (current term)
bombastical
bombastically
bombastick
bombastry
bombasts
bombax
bombaxes
bombazed
bombazet
bombazets
bombazette
bombazettes
bombazine
bombazines

Literary usage of Bombastic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"The lament grows somewhat bombastic towards the close, but the writer was evidently a sincere admirer of ' England's great ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... book is more bombastic and unnatural than II Maccabees. Since the narrative evinces its .... bombastic ..."

3. Literary Chapters by Walter Lionel George (1918)
"... bombastic than ever, certain that no enemy had thrown him and that he had but slipped. And if Tartarin had to die, which is not certain, ..."

4. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"... the Massachusetts Spy, with two or three bombastic expressions interpolated by himself ; and which your pupil, Judge Minot, has printed in his history. ..."

5. The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations, and by Charles Ames Washburn (1871)
"bombastic Circular of the Admiral. — Seizure of the Marques de Olinda, and Treatment of those on Board. — The Brazilian Minister. — Efforts in his Behalf. ..."

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