Synonyms for bombastic
bɒmˈbæs tɪkbom·bas·tic

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1. bombasticadjective

   Pompous or overly wordy.

   Synonyms:
   pompous, blustering, florid, verbose, grandiloquent

   Antonyms:
   succinct, concise

2. bombasticadjective

   Inflated, overfilled.

   Synonyms:
   turgid, inflated

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1. bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgidadjective

   ostentatiously lofty in style

   "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

   Synonyms:
   pear-shaped, gravid, big, tumid, orotund, rotund, great(p), enceinte, expectant, heavy(p), round, with child(p), large, big(p), prominent, intumescent, large(p), tumescent, turgid, magnanimous, puffy, erect, declamatory

   Antonyms:
   unrhetorical

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1. bombasticadjective

   Synonyms:
   inflated, turgid, tumid, swelling, stilled, grandiloquent, pompous, sophomorical, high-flown, high-sounding, HIGHFALUTIN

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1. bombasticadjective

   Synonyms:
   magniloquent, grandiose, high-sounding, turgid, inflated, grandiloquent

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1. List of paraphrases for "bombastic":

   high-flown, high-sounding, turgid, grandiloquent, high-minded, pompous

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How to use bombastic in a sentence?

1. Javier Palomarez:

   There were no bombastic statements of any sorts.

2. Dan Ikenson:

   It’s consistent with Trump’s bombastic approach.

3. Jerry Kilgore:

   She's not the right person to lead the party, she's bombastic at times. She says things that shouldn't be said. She leads us in the wrong direction.

4. Jeff Goolsby:

   I understand that a lot of what Trump is saying is a little bombastic. It's a little put on. It's for entertainment.

5. Twitter Sanders:

   I think it has to do with the fact that Donald Trump is very smart. Donald Trump knows that media is not so interested in the serious issues facing this country. They love bombastic remarks. They love silly remarks, i think this is more of an indictment of the media than it is Donald Trump.