bombastic Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite ostentatiously lofty in style
    tumid; orotund; large; turgid; declamatory.
    • a man given to large talk
    • tumid political prose

WordNet

Bom*bas"tic, Bom*bas"tic*al adjective (Also<
  • Bombastic
  • Bombastical
)
Definitions
  1. Characterized by bombast; highsounding; inflated. -- Bom*bas"tic*al*ly, adv.
    A theatrical, bombastic, windy phraseology. Burke.
    Syn. -- Turgid; tumid; pompous; grandiloquent.

Webster 1913