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Antonyms for bombastic
bɒmˈbæs tɪkbom·bas·tic

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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. bombasticadjective

    Pompous or overly wordy.

    Antonyms:
    succinct, concise

    Synonyms:
    pompous, blustering, florid, verbose, grandiloquent

  2. bombasticadjective

    Inflated, overfilled.

    Synonyms:
    turgid, inflated

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgidadjective

    ostentatiously lofty in style

    "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

    Antonyms:
    unrhetorical

    Synonyms:
    pear-shaped, gravid, big, tumid, orotund, rotund, great(p), enceinte, expectant, heavy(p), round, with child(p), large, big(p), prominent, intumescent, large(p), tumescent, turgid, magnanimous, puffy, erect, declamatory

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bombasticadjective

    Synonyms:
    magniloquent, grandiose, high-sounding, turgid, inflated, grandiloquent

How to use bombastic in a sentence?

  1. Twitter Sanders:

    I think it has to do with the fact that Donald Trump is very smart. Donald Trump knows that media is not so interested in the serious issues facing this country. They love bombastic remarks. They love silly remarks, i think this is more of an indictment of the media than it is Donald Trump.

  2. Ed Mills:

    What happens if President Trump is unbound by the need to win reelection ? ed Mills's been pretty bombastic in Ed Mills first term. What does a second term of President Trump look like ?

  3. Scott Paul:

    I don't think he does our issue any favors by making it so incredibly jingoistic and bombastic, but I believe there’s widespread agreement ... that there is something amiss with our economic relationship with China and it’s past time that our government pushes back a little more forcefully.

  4. Javier Palomarez:

    There were no bombastic statements of any sorts.

  5. Jerry Kilgore:

    She's not the right person to lead the party, she's bombastic at times. She says things that shouldn't be said. She leads us in the wrong direction.

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