Bombastic

Adjective

 * 1)  Pompous or overly wordy.
 * 2) High-sounding but with little meaning.
 * 3)  Inflated, overfilled.

Adverbs for Bombastic
magnificently; absurdly; playfully; foolishly; proudly; inanely; vapidly; airily; noisily; childishly; blatantly; fantastically; joyously; ludicrously; ridiculously; laughably; offensively; unpleasantly; ineffectually; senselessly; idiotically; clownishly; preposterously; stupendously; splendidly; blissfully; intolerably; rudely; fatuously; deliberately; crudely; merrily; crazily; convivially; vociferously; uproariously.

Synonyms

 * blustering, grandiloquent, pompous, verbose, florid
 * inflated, turgid

Antonyms

 * concise, succinct

Related terms

 * bombast
 * bombaster
 * bombastically

Thesaurus
Latinate, aureate, awkward, big, bloated, cramped, cumbrous, declamatory, elephantine, euphuistic, extravagant, flatulent, flowery, forced, formal, fustian, gassy, grandiloquent, grandiose, guinde, halting, heavy, high-flown, high-swelling, highfalutin, highfaluting, inflated, inkhorn, labored, leaden, lumbering, magniloquent, mouthy, overblown, pompous, ponderous, pontifical, pretentious, self-important, sesquipedalian, solemn, sonorous, stiff, stilted, stuffy, swollen, tall, tumescent, tumid, turgescent, turgid, unwieldy, windy

Etymology
From bombast:

Descendants

 * French: bombastique (as strong as a bomb)
 * Spanish: bombástico

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/bQm"b{s.tIk/}}

Adjective

 * Bulgarian: надут, превзет
 * French:, , ,
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, , cikornyás
 * Irish: mórfhoclach
 * Italian: pomposo


 * Norwegian: bombastisk, svulstig
 * Nynorsk: bombastisk, svulstig
 * Polish: pompatyczny
 * Russian: напыщенный, помпезный
 * Slovak: bombastický
 * Spanish: ,


 * Bulgarian: голословен
 * German:
 * Hungarian: fellengzős
 * Irish: mórfhoclach


 * Norwegian: høyttravende, høystemt
 * Nynorsk: høgttravande, høgttråvande, høgstemt
 * Polish:
 * Russian: напыщенный, помпезный


 * German:
 * Norwegian: bombastisk, svulstig
 * Nynorsk: bombastisk, svulstig


 * Polish: napuszony