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Ostentatious vs Bombastic - What's the difference?

ostentatious | bombastic |

As adjectives the difference between ostentatious and bombastic

is that ostentatious is of ostentation while bombastic is showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous.

ostentatious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of ostentation.
  • Intended to attract notice.
  • Of tawdry display; kitsch.
    • Synonyms
    * (tawdry)

    Derived terms

    * ostensible * ostensive

    References

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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: