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bombast

noun
/ˈbɒmbæst/

Meaning

speech or writing that is overly pompous and inflated

Example Sentences

His campaign speech was full of bombast but lacked real substance.

Synonyms

pomp, grandiloquence, pretension, rhetoric, boastfulness

Antonyms

simplicity, plainness, modesty

Collocations

political bombast, empty bombast, full of bombast

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