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Bloviating vs Bombastic - What's the difference?

bloviating | bombastic |

As a verb bloviating

is .

As an adjective bombastic is

showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous.

bloviating

English

Verb

(head)

    • bombastic

    English

    Alternative forms

    * bombastick (obsolete)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
  • High-sounding but with little meaning.
  • (archaic) Inflated, overfilled.

    • Synonyms

    * (pompous or overly wordy) blustering, grandiloquent, pompous, verbose, florid * inflated, turgid

    Antonyms

    * (pompous or overly wordy) concise, succinct

    Related terms

    * bombast * bombaster * bombastically

    Descendants

    * French: bombastique * Spanish: