Bombastic - English meaning

adjective

Influenced or touched by an external factor.

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Affected areas

verb

Have an effect on; make a difference to.

Usage examples:

The dampness began to affect my health

verb

Pretend to have or feel (something).

Usage examples:

As usual i affected a supreme unconcern

noun

The action of talking long-windedly without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

Now stop your blathering and get back to work

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

She began blathering on about spirituality and life after death

verb

Present participle of blather

Usage examples:

What on earth are you blathering on about?, stop blathering, woman!

adjective

(of a storm, wind, or rain) blowing or beating fiercely and noisily.

Usage examples:

A strong, blustering gale

verb

Talk in a loud, aggressive, or indignant way with little effect.

Usage examples:

You threaten and bluster, but won't carry it through

adjective

(especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow.

Usage examples:

The film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens

verb

Make (an argument, story, etc.) complex and difficult to follow.

adjective

(esp. of expression in speech or writing) having a complicated structure and therefore difficult to understand

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A convoluted story/speech/plot

adjective

High-flown language, ideas, or behaviour is meant to make you admire someone.

adjective

(especially of speech, writing, or ideas) pompous or pretentious.

Usage examples:

You don't want any highfalutin jargon

adjective

Trying to seem very important or serious without having a good reason for doing so; pretentious

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Highfalutin language

adjective

Of imposing height.

Usage examples:

The elegant square was shaded by lofty palms

adjective

High

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Lofty mountains, lofty sentiments

adjective

(of a person's voice) resonant and imposing.

Usage examples:

Watson's orotund voice is complemented by swooning strings, lush orchestration and gloriously cheer…

noun

A bone (used chiefly in latin names of individual bones, e.g. os trapezium ).

noun

An opening or entrance to a passage, especially one at either end of the cervix of the uterus.

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The distance between the internal and external os was measured both as a straight line and also as …

abbreviation

(in calculating dates) old style.

adjective

In a state of nervous excitement or anxiety.

Usage examples:

She was too overwrought to listen to reason

adjective

(of speech or writing) indirect and circumlocutory.

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The periphrastic nature of legal syntax

adjective

Using more words than are needed to express a meaning, either unintentionally or for emphasis

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The prose is often pleonastic in nature., some pleonastic phrases, such as "tuna fish" or "advance …

adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

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A pompous ass who pretends he knows everything

adjective

Feeling or showing that you think you are better or more important than other people

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I regarded him as somewhat pompous and opinionated., the pomposity of new york society

adjective

Attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.

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Pretentious art films

adjective

Trying to give the appearance of great importance, esp. in a way that is obvious

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Pretentious restaurants, pretentious, silly poetry

noun

Lengthy, angry, and impassioned speech.

Usage examples:

At times, his rantings would become incoherent

adjective

Speaking at length in an angry and impassioned way.

Usage examples:

Ranting shock jocks

verb

Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.

Usage examples:

She was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all

adjective

Swollen and distended or congested.

Usage examples:

A turgid and fast-moving river

adjective

(of speech or writing) too serious and very boring

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Turgid prose, turgid rain clouds

adjective

Using or expressed in more words than are needed.

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Much academic language is obscure and verbose

adjective

Using or containing more words than are necessary

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A verbose explanation/report/speech/style, he was a notoriously verbose after-dinner speaker.

adjective

Using or expressed in rather too many words.

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A wordy and repetitive account

adjective

Containing too many words

Usage examples:

Your memo is too wordy – make it short and to the point.