| Main Entry: | turgidity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bombast |
Synonyms: |
balderdash, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, histrionics, magniloquence, orotundity, pomposity, rant |
| Main Entry: | flatulence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pomposity |
Synonyms: |
babble, boasting, bombast, claptrap, empty talk, fustian, hot air, idle words, turgidity, twaddle, windiness |
| Main Entry: | bombast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boasting |
Synonyms: |
altiloquence, balderdash, bluster, bombastry, braggadocio, cotton, exaggeration, fustian, gasconade, grandiloquence, grandiosity, magniloquence, pad, padded, pomposity, rage, rant, rave, rhapsody, rhetoric, rodomontade, stuff, stuffed, tumidity, turgidity, tympany |
Antonyms: |
plain speaking |
| Main Entry: | grandiloquence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bombast |
Synonyms: |
boastful, claptrap, eloquence, fustian, grandiosity, magniloquence, orotundity, rant, turgidity |
| Notes: | magniloquence refers to a language that is lofty and extravagant, whereas grandiloquence refers to a language that is pompous or bombastic |
| Main Entry: | orotundity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bombast |
Synonyms: |
balderdash, claptrap, fustian, grandiloquence, histrionics, magniloquence, pomposity, rant, turgidity |