bombast
UKbɔmbæst
US'bɔmbæst
معنی فارسی
گزاف گويي سخن بزرگ ياغلنبه مبالغه پنبه
معنی کامل و مثالها
/bäm´bast´/n.
● (از ریشهی فارسی: پنبه، پنبک) گزافهگویی، سخن یا نوشتهی خوش ظاهر و توخالی، سخن پرطمطراق
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
Derived from the Old French word 'bombace', which referred to cotton padding used in clothing. The word 'bombast' came to be associated with inflated or padded language.
مثال
- The politician's speech was filled with bombast but lacked any concrete plans.
- The author's bombast in his writing made it difficult to take his arguments seriously.
- The CEO's bombast during the press conference was met with skepticism by the journalists.
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- pompous or pretentious talk or writing
مترادفها
noun
Fustian, rodomontade, rant, altiloquence, magniloquence, sesquipedalianism, grandiloquence, sesquipedalia verba, turgid talk, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology.