bombast

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Originally, cotton, or cotton wool
High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic
To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate
High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian
Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding
inflated or extravagant language, especially on unimportant subjects
{n} fustian, big empty words
{a} high-sounding, fulsome
{i} trite cliches, hackneyed expressions, empty words
pompous or pretentious talk or writing
Fig
Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian
disapproval Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning. There was no bombast or conceit in his speech. = pomposity
bombastically
turgidly: in a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his theories"
bombastically
In a bombastic manner
bombastically
in an exaggerated manner, in an inflated manner
bombastically
in a grandiose manner; "the building was bombastically spacious
bombastically
in a grandiose manner; "the building was bombastically spacious"
bombast

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    /ˈbämbast/ /ˈbɑːmbæst/

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    [ 'bäm-"bast ] (noun.) 1589. Middle English bombast cotton padding, from Middle French bombace, from Medieval Latin bombac-, bombax cotton, alteration of Latin bombyc-, bombyx silkworm, silk, from Greek bombyk-, bombyx.