Antonyms for bombastic
bɒmˈbæs tɪkbom·bas·tic

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1. bombasticadjective

   Pompous or overly wordy.

   Antonyms:
   succinct, concise

   Synonyms:
   pompous, blustering, florid, verbose, grandiloquent

2. bombasticadjective

   Inflated, overfilled.

   Synonyms:
   turgid, inflated

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1. bombastic, declamatory, large, orotund, tumid, turgidadjective

   ostentatiously lofty in style

   "a man given to large talk"; "tumid political prose"

   Antonyms:
   unrhetorical

   Synonyms:
   pear-shaped, gravid, big, tumid, orotund, rotund, great(p), enceinte, expectant, heavy(p), round, with child(p), large, big(p), prominent, intumescent, large(p), tumescent, turgid, magnanimous, puffy, erect, declamatory

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1. bombasticadjective

   Synonyms:
   magniloquent, grandiose, high-sounding, turgid, inflated, grandiloquent

How to use bombastic in a sentence?

1. Jerry Kilgore:

   She's not the right person to lead the party, she's bombastic at times. She says things that shouldn't be said. She leads us in the wrong direction.

2. Javier Palomarez:

   There were no bombastic statements of any sorts.

3. Dan Ikenson:

   It’s consistent with Trump’s bombastic approach.

4. Scott Paul:

   I don't think he does our issue any favors by making it so incredibly jingoistic and bombastic, but I believe there’s widespread agreement ... that there is something amiss with our economic relationship with China and it’s past time that our government pushes back a little more forcefully.

5. Twitter Sanders:

   I think it has to do with the fact that Donald Trump is very smart. Donald Trump knows that media is not so interested in the serious issues facing this country. They love bombastic remarks. They love silly remarks, i think this is more of an indictment of the media than it is Donald Trump.

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