bombastic

/bɒmˈbæs.tɪk//bɑmˈbæs.tʰɪk/
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Difficulty LevelAdvanced

Academic vocabulary

Word FrequencyCommon

Regularly used in writing and speech

Syllables3

Moderate complexity

Analysis:

  • Academic vocabulary
  • Standard complexity
adjective

1. (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

2. High-sounding but with little meaning.

3. Inflated, overfilled.

Synonyms: inflated, turgid

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