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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Bombastic \Bom*bas"tic\ (b[o^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k or
     b[u^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k), Bombastical \Bom*bas"tic*al\, a.
     Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --
     Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Bombastic \Bom*bas"tic\ (b[o^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k or
     b[u^]m*b[.a]s"t[i^]k), Bombastical \Bom*bas"tic*al\, a.
     Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated. --
     Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv.
  
           A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. --Burke.
  
     Syn: Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  bombastic
       adj : ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk";
             "tumid political prose" [syn: declamatory, large, orotund,
              tumid, turgid]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bombastic
     Romanian a.
     (l en bombastic)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  bombastic
     a.
     1 (lb en of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and
  given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
     2 High-sounding but with little meaning.
     3 (lb en archaic) inflated, overfilled.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  bombastic
     Romanian a.
     (l en bombastic)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  bombastic
     a.
     1 (lb en of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and
  given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
     2 High-sounding but with little meaning.
     3 (lb en archaic) inflated, overfilled.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  bombastic
     Englanti adv.
     mahtipontinen, suuripuheinen, korusanainen, korulauseinen

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Bombastic /bəmbˈastɪk/
  منمّق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  bombastic //bɑmˈbæs.tɪk// //bɒmˈbæs.tɪk// 
  1. голословен
  high-sounding but with little meaning
  2. надут, превзет
  pompous or overly wordy

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bombastic /bəmbˈastɪk/ 
  bombastický

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  bombastic /bəmbˈastɪk/
  nabubřelý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  bombastic /bəmbˈastɪk/
  hochgestochen, geschwollen, schwülstig, geschwurbelt  [ugs.]  [pej.]  [ling.]
     Synonyms: high-flown, turgid, grandiloquent, magniloquent
  
   see: magniloquent language

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  bombastic /bəmbˈastɪk/
  schwülstig, bombastisch  [ling.]
     Synonyms: pompous, orotund

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]


  bombastic /bəmbˈastɪk/
  
  εξεζητημένος

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]


  bombastic //bɑmˈbæs.tɪk// //bɒmˈbæs.tɪk// 
  1. mahtipontinen
  high-sounding but with little meaning
  2. bombastinen, mahtipontinen
  pompous or overly wordy

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]


  bombastic /bəmbˈastɪk/ 
  1. बड़े~बड़े~शब्दों~से~भरा~हुआ
        "His bombastic speech did not impress his audience."

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]


  bombastic //bɑmˈbæs.tɪk// //bɒmˈbæs.tɪk// 
  1. høystemt, høyttravende
  high-sounding but with little meaning
  2. bombastisk, svulstig 2.
  inflated, overfilled
   3.
  pompous or overly wordy

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]


  bombastic /bɒmˈbæstɪk/ 
    pompatyczny, napuszony

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]


  bombastic /bəmbˈastɪk/ 
  bombástico

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/bɑmˈbæstɪk/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "bombastic":
     Latinate, aureate, awkward, big, bloated, cramped, cumbrous,
     declamatory, elephantine, euphuistic, extravagant, flatulent,
     flowery, forced, formal, fustian, gassy, grandiloquent, grandiose,
     guinde, halting, heavy, high-flown, high-swelling, highfalutin,
     highfaluting, inflated, inkhorn, labored, leaden, lumbering,
     magniloquent, mouthy, overblown, pompous, ponderous, pontifical,
     pretentious, self-important, sesquipedalian, solemn, sonorous,
     stiff, stilted, stuffy, swollen, tall, tumescent, tumid,
     turgescent, turgid, unwieldy, windy

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]


  a. 夸大的;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 夸大的,夸夸其谈的

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