In the most bombastic manner we call this the "richest nation on earth," and boast of our "untold millions of surplus products," while in fact we are always within a few months of starvation and nakedness.
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Bombastic
//bɒmˈbæs.tɪk//
Synonyms for "bombastic" (145 found)
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3 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
1 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- φυσώδης adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Bulgarian
4 entries- голословен adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
- надут adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- превзет adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- претенциозен adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Finnish
3 entries- bombastinen adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- mahtipontinen adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- mahtipontinen adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
French
4 entries- abscons adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
- ampoulé adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- boursouflé adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- enflé adj (pompous or overly wordy)
German
4 entries- bombastisch adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- bombastisch adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
- bombastisch adj (inflated, overfilled)
- geschwollen adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Hungarian
4 entries- bombasztikus adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- cikornyás adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- dagályos adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- fellengzős adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
Irish
2 entries- mórfhoclach adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- mórfhoclach adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
Italian
3 entries- ampolloso adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- magniloquente adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- pomposo adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Macedonian
4 entries- високо́парен adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- изве́штачен adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
- на́дуен adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- по́мпезен adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Māori
1 entries- wahahuka adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Northern Sami
1 entries- svulstig adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- bombastisk adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- bombastisk adj (inflated, overfilled)
- høystemt adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
- høyttravende adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- bombastisk adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- bombastisk adj (inflated, overfilled)
- høgstemt adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
- høgttravande adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
Polish
3 entries- górnolotny adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
- napuszony adj (inflated, overfilled)
- pompatyczny adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Portuguese
1 entries- bombástico adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Russian
4 entries- высокопа́рный adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- напы́щенный adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- напы́щенный adj (high-sounding but with little meaning)
- помпе́зный adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Slovak
1 entries- bombastický adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Spanish
4 entries- altilocuente adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- altisonante adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- altílocuo adj (pompous or overly wordy)
- altísono adj (pompous or overly wordy)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
Tom is so bombastic.
Source: tatoeba (9549005)
I don't usually like bombastic music.
Source: tatoeba (9549008)
I just can't stand him using his disgusting accent with all those bombastic words. He just sounds like some old posh guy to me.
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