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It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads without bombast or parade.
Henry Lawson

Meaning of "bombast" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BOMBAST

From Old French bombace, from Medieval Latin bombāx cotton.
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PRONUNCIATION OF BOMBAST

bombast  [ˈbɒmbæst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOMBAST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bombast is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BOMBAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bombast

Fustian

Fustian is a variety of heavy cloth woven from cotton, chiefly prepared for menswear. It is also used figuratively to refer to pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech, from at least the time of Shakespeare. This literary use is because the cloth type was often used as padding, hence, the purposeless words are fustian.

Definition of bombast in the English dictionary

The definition of bombast in the dictionary is pompous and grandiloquent language. Other definition of bombast is material used for padding.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOMBAST


bast
bæst
bioplast
ˈbaɪəʊˌplæst
chloroplast
ˈklɔːrəʊˌplæst
cineaste
ˈsɪnɪˌæst
clast
klæst
enthusiast
ɪnˈθjuːzɪˌæst
fantast
ˈfæntæst
fibroblast
ˈfaɪbrəʊˌblæst
gassed
ɡæst
gymnast
ˈdʒɪmnæst
hast
hæst
iconoclast
aɪˈkɒnəˌklæst
lambast
læmˈbæst
massed
mæst
osteoblast
ˈɒstɪəʊˌblæst
osteoclast
ˈɒstɪəʊˌklæst
pederast
ˈpɛdəˌræst
protoplast
ˈprəʊtəˌplæst
scholiast
ˈskəʊlɪˌæst
trophoblast
ˈtrɒfəˌblæst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOMBAST

bombable
bombacaceous
bombard
bombarde
bombarder
bombardier
bombardier beetle
bombardment
bombardon
bombasine
bombaster
bombastic
bombastically
bombax
Bombay
Bombay duck
Bombay Hills
bombazine
bombe
bombed

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOMBAST

at least
at long last
at the least
breakfast
cast
coast
deep in the past
east
fast
feast
forecast
in the least
last
least
Middle East
past
the Far East
the last
the past
to say the least

Synonyms and antonyms of bombast in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BOMBAST»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bombast» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bombast

Translation of «bombast» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOMBAST

Find out the translation of bombast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bombast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bombast» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

夸夸其谈
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grandilocuencia
570 millions of speakers

English

bombast
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आडंबर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كلام منمق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

напыщенность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bombast
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শব্দাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ ভাষা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grandiloquence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bombast
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bombast
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大言壮語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호언 장담
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bombing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

văn lưu loát
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆரவார
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कटाक्ष
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

süslü sözler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pomposità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bombast
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пихатість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bombastic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στόμφο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bombast
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bombast
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bombastiske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bombast

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOMBAST»

The term «bombast» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.919 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOMBAST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bombast» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bombast» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bombast

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2 QUOTES WITH «BOMBAST»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bombast.
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Henry Lawson
It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads without bombast or parade.
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Harold Prince
I've always loved Victorian melodrama. And I've always liked larger-than-life theater, providing it's truthful and honest. I like what the theater can provide in energy and bombast - I enjoy it when it's large, and by that I don't mean in size, I mean in emotions. Shakespeare did that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOMBAST»

Discover the use of bombast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bombast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Bombast And Broadsides: George Johnstone, 1730-1787
Through research in Cardiff, Edinburgh, Kew, London, Philadelphia, and Washington in largely unpublished manuscripts, together with the use of secondary sources, the author has been able to present the first coherent picture of George ...
Robin F. A. Fabel, 2002
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Bombast: Spinning Atoms in the Desert
An environmentally charged survey of nuclear culture in the "Silver State," Bombast considers the manipulated language and imagery doled out by the atomic industry to make the unsafe appear safe, and the unthinkable, thinkable.
Michon Mackedon, 2010
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The Bombast Transcripts: Rants and Screeds of Rage Boy
One of America's foremost social critics takes on Mr. Ed, Godzilla, Sayanarology's Moe Ron Hubbard, IBM's Lou Gerstner, and many others, as he demystifies thermodynamics, neurophysiology, sex, drugs, and rock-n-roll, and unleashes mayhem, ...
Christopher Locke, 2002
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The Modern Political Campaign: Mudslinging, Bombast, and the ...
Reflective, analytical, and firmly committed to democratic values, this book challenges citizens to trade cynicism for realism--to take a clear-eyed look at our politics and ourselves, and appreciate both for what they are.
Richard K. Scher, 1997
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True Tales of Old-Time Kentucky Politics: Bombast, Bourbon ...
These are but three of the fascinating and little-known stories from Kentucky’s political past found in True Tales of Old-Time Kentucky Politics.
Berry Craig, 2009
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The life and doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus, Bombast of ...
One of the greatest and illuminated minds of that age was Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim. He was born in the year 1493, in the vicinity of a place called Maria-Einsiedeln,1 being a village about two hours' walk from ...
‎1910
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Shakespeare's Poetic Styles: Verse Into Drama
9. •. Astounding. terms: bombast. and. wonder. Beatrice began to speak pleasantly and softly . . . and this is well said, for the divine style is sweet and plain, not lofty and proud as that of Virgil and the poets.1 Valuable though the experiment ...
John Baxter, 2004
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The Life and the Doctrines of Philippus Theophrastus, ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
‎2012
9
Shakespeare: Upstart Crow to Sweet Swan: 1592-1623
As 'Greene' (Chettle) continues: Yes trust them not: for there is an upstart Crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his Tygers hart wrapt in a Players hyde, supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blanke verse as the best of you: and ...
Katherine Duncan-Jones, 2011
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The plays of William Shakspeare, accurately pr. from the ...
How now my sweet creature of bombast ? ' How long is't ago, Jack, since thou saw'st thine own knee ? fci« in tbe fact, the Romans used the expression manifesto deprehcnjut, Cie. fro Clucntio — et fro Ccclio. /The word mamfeftokcmi to be ...
William Shakespeare, John Nichols, George Steevens, 1797

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOMBAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bombast is used in the context of the following news items.
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Russia is seeing conspiracies in Armenia where none exist
What's most remarkable about this deluded reaction is that it is not mere bombast. Consumed by cynicism and paranoia, Mr. Putin and the ... «Business Insider, Jul 15»
2
The Monster in the Maze, Barbican, review: 'full-blooded'
It was a shame that this nicely judged, admirably performed piece was spoiled by the bombast of William Walton's First Symphony which ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Jerry Weintraub, a Force in Film and Music, Dies at 77
Behind his bombast and camaraderie, Mr. Weintraub struggled through personal friction with Ms. Morgan, from whom he separated decades ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Number Ones: What Is Meghan Trainor's 'Like I'm Gonna Lose You …
... lyric in 'Like I'm Gonna Lose You' transparently tries to inject some Diane Warren-style bombast for the singers to sound concerned about. «Junkee, Jul 15»
5
Tyranny still reigns
... are to him, mere bombast, fraud, deception, inpiety, and hypocrisy – a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. «Swindon Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Michael Gray: Hitchiker's guide to a highway of lonely souls
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass, speaking in 1852, rejected the celebration as a “sham”. He described it as “bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, ... «The National, Jul 15»
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In a show scaled for the arena, U2 finds intimacy
But rather than Broadway bombast, the band presents some of the rawest music it has brought to the stage in decades. A bridge running ... «The Providence Journal, Jul 15»
8
Jules Witcover: An embarrassment of wretched excess
Meanwhile, with Trump, Cruz and now Christie involved, divisive bombast could well drown out constructive discourse from the GOP chorus on ... «St. Augustine Record, Jul 15»
9
10 things that should definitely get the Puzzle Quest treatment
Despite the bombast of the announcer, in practice, the app rarely connects to the service in time (owing to most branches of the cinema chain ... «Pocket Gamer, Jul 15»
10
Chris Christie: a human opera preparing to take national stage by …
Is it bombast or tears or something in between? Can he walk into a room and not emote, yet not leave his audience wondering whether he was ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»

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