bombastic

• Beschreibt eine Sprache oder Schreibweise, die schwülstig, übertrieben oder anmaßend ist und oft mit extravagantem Ausdruck Eindruck machen will.

Describes speech or writing that is high-sounding, inflated, or pretentious, often using extravagant language to impress.

1. Pompous or overblownC1formal

   Using high-sounding language with little meaning; inflated in style.

   Schwülstig

   • His bombastic speech impressed no one.
   • The politician's bombastic promises were quickly forgotten.
   • She found his bombastic style of writing tiresome.

   Synonymedeclamatoryfustiangrandiloquentgrandiosehigh-flowninflatedmagniloquentorotundoverblownpompouspretentiousturgid

   Antonymemodestnaturalplainrestrainedsimpleunderstatedunpretentious