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Bombastic vs Braggadocio - What's the difference?

bombastic | braggadocio |

As an adjective bombastic

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

As a noun braggadocio is

a braggart.

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:

    braggadocio

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A braggart.
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  • Empty boasting.

    • Quotations

    * (English Citations of "braggadocio")

    Synonyms

    * (braggart) blowhard * (empty boasting) big talk

    See also

    * machismo