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ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Adj
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒmbæst/

Definition 1:
• Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: aureate, highfalutin
Noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒmbæst/

Definition 1:
• Cotton, or cotton wool.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: fustian
Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable

Definition 2:
• Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable

Definition 3:
• High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
Wiktionary-listed synonyms: aureation, bombard phrase, fustian, grandiloquence, purple prose
Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Verb
Pronunciation: /ˈbɒmbæst/

Definition 1:
• To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.

Definition 2:
• To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.

Source and attribution
Wiktionary contributors, via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Derived from Wiktionary; CC BY-SA and GFDL terms apply. Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bombast