bombast

bombast is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as noun, adjective, and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Originally, cotton, or cotton wool. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 16 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Originally, cotton, or cotton wool.
2. noun. Cotton, or any soft, fibrous material, used as stuffing for garments; stuffing; padding.
3. noun. Fig.: High-sounding words; an inflated style; language above the dignity of the occasion; fustian.
4. adjective. High-sounding; inflated; big without meaning; magniloquent; bombastic.
5. transitive verb. To swell or fill out; to pad; to inflate.
6. noun. pompous or pretentious talk or writing

   Synonyms: blah, claptrap, fustian, rant

Synonyms

blah, claptrap, fustian, rant

Common word forms

bombasts, bombaster

Words from these letters

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