bombast 音标拼音: [b'ɑmbæst]
n . 夸大的言辞
夸大的言辞
bombast n 1 :
pompous or pretentious talk or writing [
synonym : {
bombast },
{
fustian }, {
rant }, {
claptrap }, {
blah }]
Bombast \
Bom "
bast \ (
b [
o ^]
m "
b [.
a ]
st or b [
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b [.
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n .
[
OF .
bombace cotton ,
LL .
bombax cotton ,
bombasium a doublet of cotton ;
hence ,
padding ,
wadding ,
fustian .
See {
Bombazine }.]
1 .
Originally ,
cotton ,
or cotton wool . [
Obs .]
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A candle with a wick of bombast . --
Lupton .
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2 .
Cotton ,
or any soft ,
fibrous material ,
used as stuffing for garments ;
stuffing ;
padding . [
Obs .]
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How now ,
my sweet creature of bombast ! --
Shak .
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Doublets ,
stuffed with four ,
five ,
or six pounds of bombast at least . --
Stubbes .
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3 .
Fig .:
High -
sounding words ;
an inflated style ;
language above the dignity of the occasion ;
fustian .
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Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid . --
Dryden .
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Bombast \
Bom "
bast \,
a .
High -
sounding ;
inflated ;
big without meaning ;
magniloquent ;
bombastic .
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[
He ]
evades them with a bombast circumstance ,
Horribly stuffed with epithets of war . --
Shak .
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Nor a tall metaphor in bombast way . --
Cowley .
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Bombast \
Bom *
bast "\ (
b [
o ^]
m *
b [.
a ]
st "
or b [
u ^]
m *
b [.
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st "),
v .
t .
To swell or fill out ;
to pad ;
to inflate . [
Obs .]
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Not bombasted with words vain ticklish ears to feed .
--
Drayton .
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Bombastic 90 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bombast ":
absurdity ,
amphigory ,
babble ,
babblement ,
balderdash ,
bibble -
babble ,
blabber ,
blather ,
bluster ,
boast ,
boastfulness ,
boasting ,
bombastry ,
brag ,
braggadocio ,
braggartism ,
bragging ,
bravado ,
claptrap ,
conceit ,
double -
talk ,
drivel ,
drool ,
fanfaronade ,
fiddle -
faddle ,
fiddledeedee ,
flatulence ,
flummery ,
folderol ,
fudge ,
fustian ,
gabble ,
galimatias ,
gammon ,
gasconade ,
gasconism ,
gibber ,
gibberish ,
gibble -
gabble ,
gobbledygook ,
grandiloquence ,
heroics ,
highfalutin ,
hocus -
pocus ,
hot air ,
humbug ,
jabber ,
jactation ,
jactitation ,
jargon ,
lexiphanicism ,
magniloquence ,
mumbo jumbo ,
narrishkeit ,
niaiserie ,
nonsense ,
orotundity ,
pack of nonsense ,
palaver ,
prate ,
prattle ,
puffery ,
pyrotechnics ,
rant ,
rhapsody ,
rhetoric ,
rigamarole ,
rigmarole ,
rodomontade ,
rubbish ,
sesquipedality ,
show ,
side ,
skimble -
skamble ,
stuff and nonsense ,
stultiloquence ,
swagger ,
trash ,
trumpery ,
tumidity ,
turgidity ,
twaddle ,
twattle ,
twiddle -
twaddle ,
vanity ,
vaporing ,
vaunt ,
vauntery ,
vaunting ,
waffling
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BOMBAST Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of BOMBAST is pretentious inflated speech or writing How to use bombast in a sentence Did you know?
BOMBAST | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary BOMBAST definition: 1 a forceful and confident style that is intended to be very powerful and impressive, but may not… Learn more
BOMBAST Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com Bombast definition: speech too pompous for an occasion; pretentious words See examples of BOMBAST used in a sentence
Bombast - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Bombast is a noun meaning pretentious or boastful talk If your football coach is known for his bombast, he probably gives a pompous speech before each game about the greatness of the team and, of course, his coaching
BOMBAST definition in American English | Collins English . . . Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning [ disapproval ] There was no bombast or conceit in his speech
bombast noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage . . . Definition of bombast noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
Bombast Definition Meaning - YourDictionary Bombast definition: Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing
bombast, n. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English . . . What does the noun bombast mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun bombast , one of which is labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
Bombast - definition of bombast by The Free Dictionary Define bombast bombast synonyms, bombast pronunciation, bombast translation, English dictionary definition of bombast n 1 Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing 2 Grandiose or overpowering expression, as in music or painting bom′bast′er n bom·bas′tic adj
BOMBAST Synonyms: 60 Similar Words - Merriam-Webster Synonyms for BOMBAST: rhetoric, grandiloquence, braggadocio, brag, magniloquence, bluster, chatter, rant, rodomontade, hot air