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as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
the other world leaders at the international conference had little interest in being subjected to the president's bombast
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as in grandiloquence
language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere
you need less bombast and more substance in this speech on human rights
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Recent Examples of bombast
Carr wanted to bring Broadway verve and Vegas bombast to the Academy Awards, but the stunned looks on the faces of front-row nominees who were getting glad-handed by a Disney princess indicated that Carr’s vision was an immediate catastrophe.
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Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Just two Marvel movies rank lower on the Rotten Tomatoes meter, and both quickly ran out of box office steam after No. 1 starts that were driven by die-hard fans and marketing bombast.
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
This is bombast that has not been thought through from a policy perspective.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The country will be served another helping of his bombast for the next four years.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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Zach Schonfeld, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
Just two Marvel movies rank lower on the Rotten Tomatoes meter, and both quickly ran out of box office steam after No. 1 starts that were driven by die-hard fans and marketing bombast.
—Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
This is bombast that has not been thought through from a policy perspective.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
The country will be served another helping of his bombast for the next four years.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 16 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombast
Noun
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Erdogan recently fired up his rhetoric in this regard, by publicly calling for destruction of the ‘Zionist Israeli state’.—
Melik Kaylan,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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His rhetoric is dramatically changing the U.S. relationship with the world.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence.—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
13 June 2023
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Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.—
Michael Nordine,
Variety,
11 Aug. 2022
Noun
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The most successful of his sprawling New York rap crew, Mayers vaulted to fame in 2011 with a style defined by suave braggadocio and self-mythologizing reminiscent of old-school legends such as Rakim and the Wu-Tang Clan.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
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Nicholson's portrayal of a rebellious mental hospital inmate is a phenomenal combination of sly intelligence and impish braggadocio, best showcased during the scene where, thwarted in his attempt to watch the World Series on TV, McMurphy ad libs a commentary in front of a blank set.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Loewe’s Puzzle bag, which Anderson introduced in his first collection, and which is made from soft leather cut into patchwork pieces and then stitched back together at rakish angles, is a choice non-blingy brag.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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How 'Intermezzo' sparked envy, became the galley brag of 2024 I, dear reader, am not above a galley brag.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
27 Feb. 2025
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While the sovereignty challenge has been mostly considered bluster, some of Trump’s right-flank allies in Congress have signaled their support.—
Rachel Schilke,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
9 Mar. 2025
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The bluster led not to success and victory, but loss and defeat.—
G. Patrick O'Brien,
The Conversation,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In the case of viral chatter, the message would be a human pandemic.—
Ron Barrett,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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Instead of dialogue, the SEAL team communicates through chatter.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Bombast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombast. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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