words that sound important but have little meaning, used to impress people His speech was full of bombast.
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NAmE//bɑmˈbæstɪk//
adjective a bombastic speaker bombastic language synonym high-flownSee bombast in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: bombast