What does bombastic mean?

bombastic means "ostentatiously lofty in style".

How many syllables are in bombastic?

bombastic has 3 syllables: bom-bas-tic. The stress falls on "bas". In IPA it is /bɑmˈbæstɪk/.

What is another word for bombastic?

Close synonyms include declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgid. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bombastic a common word?

bombastic is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

bombastic — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
ostentatiously lofty in style
“a man given to large talk”
“tumid political prose”
Synonymsdeclamatory large orotund tumid turgid
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