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bombastic

/bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/
adjective
  1. (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

  2. High-sounding but with little meaning.

  3. Inflated, overfilled.

    Similar: inflated, turgid

Synonymsinflated, turgid

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