bombastic

As an adjective bombastic

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

As a noun eloquence is

eloquence (the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing).

As an adjective bombastic

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

As a verb digress is

to step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.

As adjectives the difference between bombastic and diffuse

is that bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous while diffuse is everywhere or throughout everything; not focused or concentrated.

As a verb diffuse is

to spread over or through as in air, water, or other matter, especially by fluid motion or passive means.

As adjectives the difference between bombastic and colloquial

is that bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous while colloquial is (linguistics) denoting a manner of speaking or writing that is characteristic of familiar conversation; informal.

As an adjective bombastic

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

As a noun circumlocution is

a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.

As an adverb grandiloquently

is showing grandiloquence.

As an adjective bombastic is

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

As adjectives the difference between bombastic and rhetoric

is that bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous while rhetoric is synonym of lang=en.

As a noun rhetoric is

the art of using language, especially public speaking, as a means to persuade.

As adjectives the difference between bombastic and rhetorical

is that bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous while rhetorical is part of or similar to rhetoric, which is the use of language as a means to persuade.

As an adjective bombastic

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

As a noun boast is

a brag, a loud positive appraisal of oneself.

As a verb boast is

to brag; to talk loudly in praise of oneself.

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).