ADJ.
all
VERB + BOMBASTIC
don't, gave, like
BOMBASTIC + NOUN
music, speech, words
PREP.
with
ADV.
usually
adj
showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
Dorsett came up the stairs, buggy whip in hand. He bustled into the office in his usual self-important way. Frank noticed that the old clerk sat down on him promptly. He was not one bit impressed with the bombastic visitor from Greenville.
High-sounding but with little meaning.
Inflated, overfilled.
adjective — ostentatiously lofty in style
Dorsett came up the stairs, buggy whip in hand. He bustled into the office in his usual self-important way. Frank noticed that the old clerk sat down on him promptly. He was not one bit impressed with
WiktionaryTom is so bombastic.
Tatoeba · #9549005I don't usually like bombastic music.
Tatoeba · #9549008I just can't stand him using his disgusting accent with all those bombastic words. He just sounds like some old posh guy to me.
Tatoeba · #11145615The dictator gave a bombastic speech.
Tatoeba · #11598047Don’t be bombastic.
Tatoeba · #12260643i Register
In some senses, bombastic is marked as archaic. Watch for register when choosing this word.