Definition of "bombast" []

• Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing. (noun)

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• "Many of us wish he'd just go away, but ignorant bombast is a money maker in our society."
• "We have reacted like frightened sheep to the onslaught of ads and bombast from the likes of Sarah Palin, who catered to our racism in the face of a potential black president, and to our fears of making grandma "shovel ready" during the health care reform debates."
• "After the war, Italian patriotism became just another word for bombast, hardship, war, and desolation."