bombastic
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Synonyms
flatulent, fustian, gaseous, gassy, grandiloquent, oratorical, orotund, rhetorical (also rhetoric), windy
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Du Bois let the overconfident and bombastic Stoddard walk into a comic moment, which Stoddard then made even funnier by not getting the joke. — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, "When W. E. B. Du Bois Made a Laughingstock of a White Supremacist," 19 Aug. 2019 Hanson described Jones as bombastic and prone to outbursts, and Morgan as calm and capable. — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A Welsh TV show is filming in a Wisconsin village of fewer than 2,600 people this week," 23 July 2019 Exactly twelve years ago, on July 29, 2007, national opinion polls declared the front-runner for the Republican Presidential nomination to be one Rudolph Giuliani, the bombastic former New York City mayor. — Peter Slevin, The New Yorker, "Don’t Worry About the Democratic Presidential Polls," 29 July 2019 The late William David Brohn’s orchestrations — inventive, bombastic, with a mind of their own — cry out for constant attention, so that the powerful singers have to fight to be heard, sometimes going red in the face. — Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, "Review: ‘Miss Saigon’ at Pantages, despite its inevitable insensitivities, surprisingly resonates," 25 July 2019 The senator had been known for a bombastic style, which he's altered since Republicans took control of the Senate. — Gromer Jeffers Jr., Dallas News, "As Democrats prepare for Senate primary rumble, incumbent John Cornyn building organization, raising cash," 19 July 2019 Anthony Scaramucci, the bombastic, brash and short-tenured communications director for President Donald Trump was dumped Thursday from his speaking role at the Palm Beach County Republican Party’s big summer fundraising event, Lobsterfest. — Anthony Man, sun-sentinel.com, "Republicans drop Anthony Scaramucci from fundraiser after he says Trump ‘turning into’ a racist," 18 July 2019 If Real are to install a fresh brand of bombastic, attacking football, then Pogba could easily be the man to help deliver it. — SI.com, "Assessing Where Paul Pogba Should Be Playing His Football in 2019/20," 19 June 2019 Mendez is a somewhat bombastic Democrat amid a Legislature where both chambers have Republican majorities. — Ryan Randazzo, azcentral, "After heat-related death, Attorney General Mark Brnovich says Arizona needs power shutoff law," 14 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'bombastic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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