as in rhetoric
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
a bombastic speech intended to impress the voters in her congressional district
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Recent Examples of bombastic
Kingdom of Heaven was rare in its refusal to go that way, and the role of the chivalric and bombastic Imad ad-Din al-Isfahani exemplified that approach.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Boone is known for his athleticism, bombastic performing style and arena-ready songs.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 5 May 2025
Project Justice has a larger roster, three versus three tag matches (compared with Rival Schools' two versus two bouts), and team-up mechanics for bombastic special attacks.
—PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
But Trump’s pattern of bombastic demands and then eventual retreat have so far yielded little in the way of results, apart from straining key relationships.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Boone is known for his athleticism, bombastic performing style and arena-ready songs.
—Ross Raihala, Twin Cities, 5 May 2025
Project Justice has a larger roster, three versus three tag matches (compared with Rival Schools' two versus two bouts), and team-up mechanics for bombastic special attacks.
—PC Magazine, 30 Apr. 2025
But Trump’s pattern of bombastic demands and then eventual retreat have so far yielded little in the way of results, apart from straining key relationships.
—Laura Kelly, The Hill, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombastic
rhetorical
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Despite rhetorical nods to sovereignty, the Trump administration has showed little interest in backing most independence movements, like those of the Kurds, throughout the Middle East, or the Catalans, in Spain.—
Ryan D. Griffiths,
Foreign Affairs,
20 May 2025
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This kind of rhetorical whiplash doesn’t sit right.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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“Bombastic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombastic. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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