bombastic
high-sounding but with little real meaning; pompous in speech
Word origin: From bombast, cotton padding, via Latin bombyx, silk or cotton.
Bombastic in a sentence
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His bombastic acceptance speech was full of grand but empty phrases.
His bombastic acceptance speech promised everything and committed to nothing.
Using “bombastic” well
Bombastic describes language that is grand and inflated but empty of substance. It targets pompous style, not necessarily false content.
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