en bombast

An English term in ConceptNet 5.8

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary, and Open Multilingual WordNet
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Synonyms

  • en blah (n, communication) ➜
  • en claptrap (n, communication) ➜
  • en fustian (n, communication) ➜
  • en rant (n, communication) ➜
  • es altisonancia (n, communication) ➜
  • es ampulosidad (n, communication) ➜
  • es bla (n, communication) ➜
  • es charlatanería (n, communication) ➜
  • es chorrada (n, communication) ➜
  • es discurso rimbombante (n, communication) ➜
  • es pomposidad (n, communication) ➜
  • es rimbombancia (n, communication) ➜
  • eu hanpatasun (n, communication) ➜
  • eu hanpuruskeria (n, communication) ➜
  • fa بیهوده گویی (n, communication) ➜
  • fa سخن گزاف (n, communication) ➜
  • fa مبالغه (n, communication) ➜
  • fa کتان (n, communication) ➜
  • fa یاوه سرایی (n, communication) ➜
  • fi korkealentoinen puhe (n, communication) ➜
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Related terms

  • en barnumize (v) ➜
  • en bombastic ➜
  • en magniloquent ➜
  • en cotton wool ➜
  • en dignity ➜
  • en fibrous ➜
  • en garment ➜
  • en high sounding ➜
  • en language ➜
  • en ostentatious ➜
  • en pompous ➜
  • fr emphase ➜
  • en fill out ➜
  • en inflate ➜
  • en bombasted (v) ➜
  • en bombastest (v) ➜
  • en bombasteth (v) ➜
  • en bombasting (v) ➜
  • en bombasts (v) ➜
  • en heroics (n) ➜
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Derived terms

  • en bombast (n) ➜
  • en bombastical ➜
  • en bombastical ➜
  • en bombastically ➜
  • en bombastry ➜
  • en bombast (n) ➜

Etymological roots of "bombast"

  • fro bombace ➜
  • grc βομβυξ ➜
  • la bombax ➜
  • pal pmbk ➜

Word forms

  • en bombasted (v) ➜
  • en bombasting (v) ➜
  • en bombasts (n) ➜

bombast is a type of…

  • en grandiosity (n, communication) ➜

Etymologically derived terms

  • eo bombasto ➜

Context of this term

  • en archaic ➜

Etymologically related

  • la bombyx ➜
  • en bombastic ➜

Links to other resources

  • wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu 107101969-n
  • en.wiktionary.org bombast
  • fr.wiktionary.org bombast
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