bombastic
adjectiveUsing grand, inflated language that outweighs its substance.
Inflated in language
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Clear all filtersgrandiloquent
adjectivePompous or extravagantly lofty in speech or writing.
grandiose
adjectiveImpressively large in appearance or excessively ambitious and pretentious.
overblown
adjectiveExaggerated, inflated, or more grandiose than the subject warrants.
Excessively inflated
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pompous
adjectiveExaggeratedly self-important or ceremonious.
Inflated self-importance
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pontifical
adjectivePompous and dogmatic in expressing an opinion.
tumid
adjectiveSwollen; in writing, excessively inflated or pompous.
Swollen
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