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Bombastic vs Padded - What's the difference?

bombastic | padded | Synonyms |

Bombastic is a synonym of padded.


As adjectives the difference between bombastic and padded

is that bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous while padded is having padding.

As a verb padded is

(pad).

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:

    padded

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having padding.

    • Verb

    (head)
  • (pad)