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   What is bombast noun?

   • Definition of bombast noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary words which sound important but have little meaning, used to impress people His speech was full of bombast.

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   How to use the word 'bombast' in a sentence?

   • Here, Bombast refers to a particular method of using words in a grand or pompous manner. This usage is correctly reflected only in B. A indicates a time of usage; C indicates a place of usage and D does not talk about 'suitability' at all. Though B and E are both grammatically correct, option B is more concise.

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   Where did bombast come from?

   • words which sound important but have little meaning, used to impress people His speech was full of bombast. Word Origin mid 16th cent. (denoting raw cotton or cotton wool used as padding, later used figuratively): from Old French bombace, from medieval Latin bombax, bombac-, alteration of bombyx , based on Greek bombux ‘silkworm’.

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   What is an example of bombast?

   • Nikita Khrushchev’s ‘We shall bury you!’ speech is an example of bombast.

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   Was bombast a conceit?

   • Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning. There was no bombast or conceit in his speech. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   Where did the term bombastic come from?

   • The English adjective bombastic arises in the 18th century from 'bombast', which means 'cotton stuffing'. There is no direct relation to the name, and the reference to 'the bombastic Paracelsus' (Anthony Florian Madinger Willich , Lectures on Diet and Regimen, 1800, p. 103) is at best a pun.

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   The meaning of BOMBAST is pretentious inflated speech or writing. How to use bombast in a sentence. Did you know?

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   BOMBAST definition: 1. a forceful and confident style that is intended to be very powerful and impressive, but may not…. Learn more.

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   What does the verb bombast mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb bombast , one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   BOMBAST meaning: 1. a forceful and confident style that is intended to be very powerful and impressive, but may not…. Learn more.

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   Verb. Adjective. Filter. noun. Talk or writing that sounds grand or important but has little meaning; pompous language. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Grandiose or overpowering expression, as in music or painting. American Heritage. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. Wiktionary.

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   Bombast is trying to impress people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning. [ disapproval ] There was no bombast or conceit in his speech.

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   Bombast definition: speech too pompous for an occasion; pretentious words.. See examples of BOMBAST used in a sentence.