Bombast ( noun , verb )

(As a noun)

Bombast ( noun )

1. High-flown or inflated language or style, especially in speech or writing; grandiosity.
2. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.

Origin:

From late latin bombax, cotton, from greek bōmbax, from bōmos, tree, cotton tree.

Examples:

1. The politician's speeches were full of bombast and empty promises.
2. The poet's bombast was a mask for his lack of true feeling.
3. His critics accused him of bombast, but he called it poetic license.
4. She was not impressed by the bombast of the self-proclaimed expert.
5. The bombast in his writing made it hard to take him seriously.

(As a verb)

Bombast ( verb )

1. High-flown or inflated language or style, especially in speech or writing; grandiosity.
2. Pompous or pretentious talk or writing.

Origin:

From late latin bombax, cotton, from greek bōmbax, from bōmos, tree, cotton tree.

Examples:

1. The politician's speeches were full of bombast and empty promises.
2. The poet's bombast was a mask for his lack of true feeling.
3. His critics accused him of bombast, but he called it poetic license.
4. She was not impressed by the bombast of the self-proclaimed expert.
5. The bombast in his writing made it hard to take him seriously.