bombastic

• Décrit un discours ou un écrit pompeux, exagéré ou prétentieux, utilisant souvent un langage extravagant pour impressionner.

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.

   Pompeux ou enflé

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

   Synonymesdeclamatoryfustiangrandiloquentgrandiosehigh-flowninflatedmagniloquentorotundoverblownpompouspretentiousturgid

   Antonymesmodestnaturalplainrestrainedsimpleunderstatedunpretentious