Associations to the word «Bombast»
Noun
- Melodrama
- Eloquence
- Absurdity
- Extravagance
- Cher
- Grandeur
- Silhouette
- Rhetoric
- Tremble
- Satire
- Shakespeare
- Breech
- Bonnet
- Wit
- Humphrey
- Boil
- Spoon
- Bonaparte
- Parody
- Boer
- Bolton
- Greene
- Melody
- Carey
- Tragedy
- Verse
- Crow
- Garment
- Praise
- Chorus
- Passion
- Ill
- Feather
- Charm
- Style
- Speech
- Cloth
- Writing
- Von
- Hook
- Width
- Physician
- Emotion
- Fault
- Glory
- Poet
- Imagination
- Critic
- Specimen
- Entertainment
- Poetry
- Tone
- Passage
- Album
- Stuff
- Contrast
- Song
- Tiger
- Magazine
- Arrangement
- Lip
- Review
- Self
Adjective
Wiktionary
BOMBAST, noun. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
BOMBAST, noun. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
BOMBAST, noun. (figuratively) High-sounding words; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking; language above the dignity of the occasion.
BOMBAST, verb. To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
BOMBAST, adjective. High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
Dictionary definition
BOMBAST, noun. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.
Wise words
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues,
and can moderate their desires more than their words.