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as in rhetoric
boastful speech or writing
the other world leaders at the international conference had little interest in being subjected to the president's bombast
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as in grandiloquence
language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere
you need less bombast and more substance in this speech on human rights
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Recent Examples of bombast
Despite the lack of bombast, The Alters tells a compelling and heartfelt narrative, with some goofier moments to break up the unrelenting drama.
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 14 June 2025
The closest approximations to conventional pop motifs — the strongest ones on the record — err on bombast and balladry.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 May 2025
And the Attachment Theory, with all of its effortless bombast, is the perfect accompaniment for this new stage in her career.
—Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Cascada’s rendition replaces Reilly’s yearning with decidedly more bombast, but the ecstatic feeling of connecting with a lover – whether on an elevator, dancefloor or basketball court – remains at the center.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 14 June 2025
The closest approximations to conventional pop motifs — the strongest ones on the record — err on bombast and balladry.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 30 May 2025
And the Attachment Theory, with all of its effortless bombast, is the perfect accompaniment for this new stage in her career.
—Britt Julious, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
Cascada’s rendition replaces Reilly’s yearning with decidedly more bombast, but the ecstatic feeling of connecting with a lover – whether on an elevator, dancefloor or basketball court – remains at the center.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombast
Noun
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This is fueled by misinformation, a growing distrust in government health authorities and the amplification of anti-vac rhetoric in social media and the popular news outlets.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Aug. 2025
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The stock began to drop the next day and never recovered, right into the teeth of President Trump's tariff rhetoric and the eventual Liberation Day crash.—
Josh Brown,Sean Russo,
CNBC,
31 July 2025
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Much of that singularity was centered in McCarthy’s prose, which ricocheted—sometimes gracefully, sometimes jarringly—between gruff matter-of-factness and soaring, biblical grandiloquence.—
Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
13 June 2023
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Several of them can fly, and all have at least a touch of grandiloquence to them.—
Michael Nordine,
Variety,
11 Aug. 2022
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His musical template of youthful braggadocio and disarming sensitivity should be recognizable to anyone that has absorbed his work.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
23 July 2025
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Em Out, the siblings set aside their signature razor-sharp coke rap bars and boundless braggadocio to focus on family in a bare-bones appearance that opened with Pusha lovingly remembering the pair’s mother.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
16 July 2025
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Share wins as punchy screenshots Nobody has time for your three-paragraph humble brag about closing a big deal.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
25 July 2025
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There’s a whole new tone and dynamism to LinkedIn: more human, less not-so-humble brag.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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In Killarney, German businessmen described the respect their grandparents had for America’s leadership after World War II and then lashed out at the bluster and lies that currently pass for dialogue and diplomacy in Washington.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 July 2025
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Even critics who considered his policies cruel and racist – and there were many – admitted that behind the bluster there was the charm of a true believer.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 July 2025
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Despite all the chatter on the outside, inside the ropes of the Bengals’ training camp launch this week, there was just solid work.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
27 July 2025
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And some of the chatter was about Bueckers hard-launching her relationship with her former UConn teammate Azzi Fudd.—
Louisa Thomas,
New Yorker,
27 July 2025
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“Bombast.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bombast. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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