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" (91 found)
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Noun(3 words)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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Related words (45)
Adjective(11 words)
Noun(2 words)
Verb(1 words)
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6 entriesflowery dictiongrandiloquent deliverygrandiloquent styleornamental languageoverblown gesturetheatrical rhetoric
Collocations
5 entriesbombastic languagebombastic prosebombastic rhetoricbombastic statementsbombastic tone
Inflections
2 entriesmore bombasticmost bombastic
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1 entriesSample sentences
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Tom is so bombastic.
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I don't usually like bombastic music.
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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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