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How to pronounce “bombast”
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Pronunciation guide for bombast
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of bombast with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 2 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Bono: The good news on poverty (Yes, there's good news) 13 minutes, 58 seconds
forget the bombast, my usual tricks.
- Definition summary
- (archaic) Cotton, or cotton wool.
Example 1 of 2
How to pronounce bombast
Bono: The good news on poverty (Yes, there's good news) 13 minutes, 58 seconds
forget the bombast, my usual tricks.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “bombast”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- (archaic) Cotton, or cotton wool.
- (archaic) Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing, padding.
- (figurative) High-sounding words; language above the dignity of the occasion; a pompous or ostentatious manner of writing or speaking.
- [Verb]
- 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]
- Big without meaning, or high-sounding; bombastic, inflated; magniloquent.
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