Bombast word meaning and definition

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Meaning and definition for "bombast" word

[noun] pompous or pretentious talk or writing

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\Bom"bast\ (b[o^]m"b[.a]st or b[u^]m"b[.a]st; 277), n. [OF. bombace cotton, LL. bombax cotton, bombasium a doublet of cotton; hence, padding, wadding, fustian. See {Bombazine}.] 1. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. [Obs.] A candle with a wick of bombast. --Lupton. 2. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding. [Obs.] How now, my sweet creature of bombast! --Shak. Doublets, stuffed with four, five, or six pounds of bombast at least. --Stubbes. 3. Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian. Yet noisy bombast carefully avoid. --Dryden.
\Bom"bast\, a. High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic. [He] evades them with a bombast circumstance, Horribly stuffed with epithets of war. --Shak. Nor a tall metaphor in bombast way. --Cowley.
\Bom*bast"\ (b[o^]m*b[.a]st" or b[u^]m*b[.a]st"), v. t. To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate. [Obs.] Not bombasted with words vain ticklish ears to feed. --Drayton.

Synonyms for bombast

blah, claptrap, fustian, rant

See also: grandiloquence | grandiosity | magniloquence | rhetoric |

Related terms: amphigory, boastfulness, bombastry, brag, double-talk, drivel, flatulence, gabble, galimatias, gibber, gibble-gabble, highfalutin, hot air, jactation, niaiserie, nonsense, rigamarole, rigmarole, stultiloquence, twiddle-twaddle, vanity, vaunt

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Let's analyse "bombast" as pure text. This string has Seven letters in Two syllables and Two vowels. 28.6% of vowels is 10% less then average English word. Written in backwards: TSABMOB. Average typing speed for these characters is 1840 milliseconds. [info]

Morse code: -... --- -- -... .- ... -

Numerology

Hearts desire number calculated from vowels: bombast: 6 + 1 = 7, reduced: 7 . and the final result is Seven.
Destiny number calculated from all letters: bombast: 2 + 6 + 4 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 2 = 18, reduced: 9, and the final result is Nine.

Tarot cards

Letter	Num.	Tarot c.	Meaning
A (1)	1	Magician	Creative, Inventive, Intuitive
B (2)	2	High Priestess	Compassionate, Caring, Knowing
M (1)	13	Death	Creator, Developer, Builder
O (1)	15	Devil	Optimist, Gamesman, Marketer, Hunter
S (1)	19	Sun	Colorful, Bright, Perceptive
T (1)	20	Judgement	Unswerving, Steadfast, Demanding, Forceful

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