bombast
Pronunciation:
/ˈbɒmbæst//ˈbɑmbæst/noun
Definitions
Cotton, or cotton wool.
Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
verb
Definitions
To swell or fill out; to inflate, to pad.
To use high-sounding words; to speak or write in a pompous or ostentatious manner.
adjective
Definitions
Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.