bombastic

English

WOTD – 3 January 2008

Alternative forms

bombastick (obsolete)

Etymology

18th century, from bombast (“padding, stuffing”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/
(US) IPA^(key): /bɑmˈbæs.tʰɪk/
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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
See Thesaurus:verbose or Thesaurus:arrogant
High-sounding but with little meaning.
(archaic) Inflated, overfilled.
Synonyms: inflated, turgid

Antonyms

(pompous or overly wordy): See Thesaurus:concise

Related terms

Descendants

→ French: bombastique
→ Portuguese: bombástico
→ Spanish: bombástico

Translations

pompous or overly wordy

Bulgarian: надут (bg) (nadut), превзет (bg) (prevzet)
Finnish: mahtipontinen (fi)
French: ampoulé (fr), enflé (fr), boursouflé (fr), pompeux (fr)
German: bombastisch (de)
Hungarian: bombasztikus (hu), dagályos (hu), cikornyás (hu)
Irish: mórfhoclach
Italian: pomposo (it), magniloquente (it) m, ampolloso (it)
Maori: wahahuka

Norwegian: bombastisk, svulstig
Nynorsk: bombastisk, svulstig
Polish: pompatyczny (pl)
Portuguese: bombástico
Russian: напы́щенный (ru) (napýščennyj), помпе́зный (ru) (pompéznyj), высокопа́рный (ru) (vysokopárnyj)
Slovak: bombastický
Spanish: bombástico, rimbombante (es), altisonante (es), ampuloso (es) m, pomposo (es) m, hinchado (es) m, grandilocuente (es), grandílocuo (es) m

high-sounding but with little meaning

Bulgarian: голословен (bg) (golosloven)
Finnish: mahtipontinen (fi)
French: verbeux (fr), abscons (fr)
German: bombastisch (de)
Hungarian: fellengzős (hu)

Irish: mórfhoclach
Norwegian: høyttravende (no), høystemt
Nynorsk: høgttravande, høgttråvande, høgstemt
Polish: górnolotny (pl)
Russian: напы́щенный (ru) (napýščennyj), помпе́зный (ru) (pompéznyj)

inflated, overfilled

German: bombastisch (de)
Norwegian: bombastisk, svulstig
Nynorsk: bombastisk, svulstig

Polish: napuszony (pl)
Spanish: bombástico

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