| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Characterized by bombast; high-sounding; inflated.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb bombastically.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (bombastically) | 1. In a turgid manner; "he lectured bombastically about his theories".[Wordnet]. 2. In a grandiose manner; "the building was bombastically spacious".[Wordnet]. 3. In a boastful or swashbuckling manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a vain, bumptious or arrogant manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a swollen, turgid, flatulent, intumescent or high-sounding manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a grandiloquent or high-flown manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In an overblown or pompous manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a rotund, rhetorical or sonorous manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In a large or heroical manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. In a florid or flamboyant manner.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "BOMBASTICAL" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1796. (references) |
