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What does bombast mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word bombast? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (archaic) Cotton, or cotton wool.
  2. (archaic) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
  3. (figuratively) High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
Verb
  1. To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.
  2. To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.
Adjective
  1. Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.
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