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Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, 'I'm amazing! Look at me!'
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Meaning of "bombastic" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BOMBASTIC

bombastic  [ˌbɒmˈbæstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BOMBASTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bombastic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BOMBASTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

bombastic

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 bombastic in the English dictionary

The definition of bombastic in the dictionary is characterized by, or full of, bombast.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BOMBASTIC


drastic
ˈdræstɪk
dysplastic
dɪsˈplæstɪk
elastic
ɪˈlæstɪk
enthusiastic
ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk
fantastic
fænˈtæstɪk
gymnastic
dʒɪmˈnæstɪk
hyperplastic
ˌhaɪpəˈplæstɪk
hypoplastic
ˌhaɪpəʊˈplæstɪk
inelastic
ˌɪnɪˈlæstɪk
mastic
ˈmæstɪk
monastic
məˈnæstɪk
neoplastic
ˌniːəʊˈplæstɪk
phantastic
fænˈtæstɪk
plastic
ˈplæstɪk
pyroclastic
ˌpaɪrəʊˈklæstɪk
sarcastic
sɑːˈkæstɪk
scholastic
skəˈlæstɪk
stochastic
stɒˈkæstɪk
thermoplastic
ˌθɜːməʊˈplæstɪk
unenthusiastic
ˌʌnɪnθjuːzɪˈæstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BOMBASTIC

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE BOMBASTIC

aeroelastic
anaplastic
antineoplastic
aplastic
clastic
domestic
dynastic
fibroblastic
foam plastic
interscholastic
lymphoblastic
megaloblastic
myeloblastic
orgastic
orgiastic
osteoblastic
reinforced plastic
Silastic
superelastic
trophoblastic
viscoelastic

Synonyms and antonyms of bombastic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BOMBASTIC»

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

Translation of «bombastic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BOMBASTIC

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

Translator English - Chinese

夸夸其谈
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

grandilocuente
570 millions of speakers

English

bombastic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आडंबरपूर्ण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منمق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

напыщенные
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bombástico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শব্দাড়ম্বরপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grandiloquent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bombastic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwülstig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大げさな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bombastic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

văn chải chuốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆர்ப்பட்டமானதாகவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बागडलेला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tumturaklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ampolloso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pompatyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пихаті
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bombastic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πομπώδης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bombastiese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bombastiskt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bombastisk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bombastic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BOMBASTIC»

The term «bombastic» is regularly used and occupies the 60.466 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BOMBASTIC» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bombastic» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bombastic» 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 bombastic

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7 QUOTES WITH «BOMBASTIC»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bombastic.
1
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
I love the idea of writing these huge, bombastic characters; I'll stay in the superhero world as long as I can.
2
Seth Grahame-Smith
I'm a big, bombastic novelist and thrill-ride guy. I'm never going to win the National Book Award.
3
Jonathan Kozol
I emphasize teachers because they are largely left out of the debate. None of the bombastic reports that come from Washington and think tanks telling us what needs to be 'fixed' - I hate such a mechanistic word, as if our schools were automobile engines - ever asks the opinions of teachers.
4
Dan Malloy
Being bombastic for the sake of being bombastic has just never been my take on the world.
5
Moby
When playing big festivals, I tend to play big, over the top techno tracks, like hands in the air songs that make sense being played in front of 30,000 people. I steer away from subtlety in the interests of big bombastic dance music.
6
Mallory Ortberg
Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, 'I'm amazing! Look at me!'
7
David Yates
A lot of Hollywood films tend to be bloated, bombastic, loud. At the same time, I do like the infrastructure of making a blockbuster; it's like having a big train set.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BOMBASTIC»

Discover the use of bombastic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bombastic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Loudest Voice in the Room: How the Brilliant, Bombastic ...
Part of the reason [Ailes] and his allies have campaigned against the book is not because it is false, but because it tells a true story.”—David Carr, The New York Times “Sherman is at his best writing with sweep about the history of ...
Gabriel Sherman, 2014
2
Bombastic Gadflies
The menu needed altered severely.
D. G. Farnsworth, 2011
3
Securities Regulation: Examples and Explanations
Norman receives some favorable responses to its proposal for an insurgency, including from a handful of larger Bombastic shareholders who together with Norman hold more than 10 percent of Bombastic's shares. e. Norman opens a Web ...
Alan R. Palmiter, 2008
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Garner's Modern American Usage
But the misunderstanding is all too common, perhaps because bombastic suggests bomb—e.g.: • “He is Action Man with a human outline, unlike the bombastic [read barbarous?] brutes incarnated in Sly or Arnie. As Hollywood is now ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
5
Sex, Morality, and the Law
THE BOMBASTIC MACHO MALE VERSUS THE TIMOROUS HETEROSEXUAL MALE To illustrate further, I would like to offer two crass models of men: Bombastic Macho Male (BMM) and Timorous Heterosexual Male (THM). Both wrestle with ...
Lori Gruen, George E. Panichas, 1997
6
Johnny Carson
You'd think that the moment I became a pop-culture footnote would be indelibly recorded in my memory, but honestly, I cannot remember the first surefire money- making deal that Bombastic supposedly brought to Carson. There were a lot of ...
Henry Bushkin, 2013
7
Satan Speaks!
The only way music can change is in a 180° direction to discipline, form, melody, harmony, lyricism, romanticism .... "Bombastic." That's why bombastic music, which has dynamics and produces a gut reaction, is bound to overwhelm the current ...
Anton Szandor Lavey, 1998
8
A Theory of Art: Inexhaustibility by Contrast
Martial music supports a martial text. Bombastic music supports as bombastic text — as in "La Calunnia" from the Barber of Seville. Nevertheless, such a view is limited. There are two reasons why: First, though music and text may correspond  ...
Stephen David Ross, 1982
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The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
See baloney. bombastic is sometimes misconstrued to mean "strident" or "violent. " Properly, bombastic (lit., "full of stuffing or padding") means "pompous, highfalu- tin, overblown." But the error is all too common, perhaps because bombastic ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2000
10
The Canto Added by Maphaeus to Virgil's Twelve Books of ...
From the Original Bombastic, Done Into English Hudibrastic, with Notes Beneath, and Latin Text in Ev'ry Other Page Annext John Ellis, Maffeo Vegio. Cesserit, in promptu est : sed cœlum, & sidera -testor, Qui vos tantorum eripui de clade ...
John Ellis, Maffeo Vegio, 1758

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BOMBASTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bombastic is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Shaggy has an incredible plan for defeating ISIS
Shaggy, the reggae musician behind such hits as "Bombastic" and "Angel," has a plan for defeating ISIS. In an interview with the Miami New ... «Mashable, Jul 15»
2
New Greek finance minister, Oxford educated but equally hard line
While most commentators appear to agree that Mr Tsakalotos, 55, will be less bombastic than Mr Varoufakis in his dealings with international ... «MercoPress, Jul 15»
3
Why 2016 candidates should worry more about China
Once in office, however, the reality of how the two nations' economies are interconnected tends to render bombastic campaign trail sound bites hollow. «OurQuadCities, Jul 15»
4
The One Movie Jerry Weintraub Couldn't Get Made: On Him, Elvis …
He was bombastic and surely schooled by the central figure in the one movie that Weintraub always wanted to make but couldn't. That was The ... «Deadline, Jul 15»
5
Donald Trump uses killing of US woman by illegal immigrant to …
Recent polls put the bombastic billionaire second behind Jeb Bush in the Republican presidential field and his harsh words on immigration ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
7/7 bombings: London remembers in its own low-key way in Hyde …
As a memorial, it is a world away from the statue of Achilles, a bombastic tribute to the Duke of Wellington, that lies a mere 100 yards further ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
7
No Thanks, America Ferrera -- A Chicana Response to 'Thank you …
Ferrera's tongue-in-cheek thank you to the bombastic real estate mogul is problematic for a variety of reasons. Ferrera deflects anti-Mexican ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
8
Azerbaijan On Two Wheels: Riding Around The World On A …
... and Russian influences—from the new, aspirational Azerbaijan, which is a place of streamlined, bombastic luxury, and expansive ambition ... «VICE, Jul 15»
9
Stream: B. Dolan's new album Kill the Wolf
The 11-track album features Dolan at his most brash, spitting venomous rhymes over bombastic beats. Utilizing live instrumentation, the ... «Consequence of Sound, Jul 15»
10
Joe Satriani Takes Us Inside His 'Shockwave Supernova'
Because you know, we could have used big bombastic drums or very clean sounding bass, but I had to tell them, “Look, I was in this band the ... «Ultimate Classic Rock, Jul 15»

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