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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: bombastic adj : ostentatiously lofty in style; "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose" [syn: {declamatory}, {large}, {orotund}, {tumid}, {turgid}]
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