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Bombastic vs Ranting - What's the difference?

bombastic | ranting |

As an adjective bombastic

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

As a verb ranting is

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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:

    ranting

    English

    Verb

    (head)