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  • 1bombast — n. Fustian, rodomontade, rant, altiloquence, magniloquence, sesquipedalianism, grandiloquence, sesquipedalia verba, turgid talk, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology …

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  • 2rant — v. & n. v. 1 intr. use bombastic language. 2 tr. & intr. declaim, recite theatrically. 3 tr. & intr. preach noisily. n. 1 a piece of ranting, a tirade. 2 empty turgid talk. Derivatives: ranter n. rantingly n. Etymology: Du. ranten rave …

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  • 6fustian — I adjective bombastic, declamatory, flatulent, gausape, grandiloquent, grandiose, high flown, high sounding, inflated, mouthy, orotund, pompous, pretentious, ranting, swollen, tumid, turgid II noun affectation, altiloquence, bombast, bombastic… …

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  • 7bombastic — adjective ostentatiously lofty in style a man given to large talk tumid political prose • Syn: ↑declamatory, ↑large, ↑orotund, ↑tumid, ↑turgid • Similar to: ↑ …

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  • 8declamatory — adjective ostentatiously lofty in style a man given to large talk tumid political prose • Syn: ↑bombastic, ↑large, ↑orotund, ↑tumid, ↑turgid • Similar to: ↑ …

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