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braggart | bombastic |

As a noun braggart

is someone who boasts.

As an adjective bombastic is

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

braggart

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • someone who boasts.
  • * Shakespeare
    • O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, / And braggart with my tongue.

    Synonyms

    * braggadocio * bragger * boaster * See also

    Related terms

    * brag

    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: