Complete Definition of "bombast"

English

Noun
bombast

#Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
#Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
#Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.

Verb
to bombast

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

Adjective
bombast

#High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.

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