bombastic

Phonetic Respelling: [ bom-bas-tik ]

Definition:

adj. using or characterized by high-sounding but unimportant or meaningless language; pompous; grandiloquent

Sentence:

The candidate's bombastic speeches did little to gain votes.

More example sentences:

The candidate's bombastic speeches did little to gain votes.

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Synonyms:

declamatory; large; tumid; turgid; rhetorical

Antonyms:

unrhetorical

Bombastic rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • drastic
  • plastic
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • dynastic
  • elastic
  • fantastic
  • fantastik
  • gymnastic
  • monastic
  • sarcastic
  • scholastic
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • inelastic
  • onomastic
  • thermoplastic
• Five Syllable Rhymes
  • ecclesiastic
  • enthusiastic
  • iconoclastic
  • interscholastic
• Six Syllable Rhymes
  • unenthusiastic