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Definition of Bombastic
1. Adjective. Ostentatiously lofty in style. "Tumid political prose"
Similar to: Rhetorical
Derivative terms: Bombast, Largeness, Turgidity, Turgidness
Definition of Bombastic
1. a. Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.
Definition of Bombastic
1. Adjective. (context: of a person, their language or writing) Pompous or overly wordy. ¹
2. Adjective. High-sounding but with little meaning. ¹
3. Adjective. (archaic) Inflated, overfilled. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bombastic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bombastic
Literary usage of Bombastic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1886)
"The lament grows somewhat bombastic towards the close, but the writer was evidently
a sincere admirer of ' England's great ..."
2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"... book is more bombastic and unnatural than II Maccabees. Since the narrative
evinces its .... bombastic ..."
3. Literary Chapters by Walter Lionel George (1918)
"... bombastic than ever, certain that no enemy had thrown him and that he had but
slipped. And if Tartarin had to die, which is not certain, ..."
4. Annals of the American Revolution: Or, A Record of the Causes and Events by Jedidiah Morse (1824)
"... the Massachusetts Spy, with two or three bombastic expressions interpolated
by himself ; and which your pupil, Judge Minot, has printed in his history. ..."
5. The History of Paraguay: With Notes of Personal Observations, and by Charles Ames Washburn (1871)
"bombastic Circular of the Admiral. — Seizure of the Marques de Olinda, and
Treatment of those on Board. — The Brazilian Minister. — Efforts in his Behalf. ..."
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