bombast

/ˈbɒmbæst//ˈbɑmbæst/

noun

  1. 1

    Cotton, or cotton wool.

  2. 2

    Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.

  3. 3

    High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.

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verb

  1. 1

    To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.

  2. 2

    To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.

adjective

  1. 1

    Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.

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