as in rhetoric
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
a bombastic speech intended to impress the voters in her congressional district
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Recent Examples of bombastic
Borderlands 4 is set to be the series' most bombastic and full-featured game yet, and early previews for the game have been very positive so far.
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Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Frankenstein is loud, bombastic, sublime and silly.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Weapons' lifetime gross is still far afield of its closest horror competitor this year, Ryan Coogler's bombastic vampire thriller Sinners.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The network retracted some of the more bombastic allegations in December 2020.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
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Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
Frankenstein is loud, bombastic, sublime and silly.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
Weapons' lifetime gross is still far afield of its closest horror competitor this year, Ryan Coogler's bombastic vampire thriller Sinners.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2025
The network retracted some of the more bombastic allegations in December 2020.
—Nicholas Riccardi, Fortune, 18 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bombastic
rhetorical
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Two days after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a rhetorical gap between Arizona politicos highlighted a major split for the congressional delegation, with some members turning to other matters or saying nothing at all.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has taken an increasingly hard rhetorical line on immigration.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
30 Aug. 2025
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