English Dictionary: bombastic | by the DICT Development Group |
2 results for bombastic | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Bombastic \Bom*bas"tic\ (b[ocr]m*b[adot]s"t[icr]k or b[ucr]m*b[adot]s"t[icr]k), Bombastical \Bom*bas"tic*al\, a. Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. -- {Bom*bas"tic*al*ly}, adv. A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke. Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent. |