bumbastic

Adjective

bombastic (comparative more bombastic, superlative most bombastic)

1. (their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
   • Dorsett came up the stairs, buggy whip in hand. He bustled into the office in his usual self‐important way. Frank noticed that the old clerk sat down on him promptly. He was not one bit impressed with the bombastic visitor from Greenville.1907, Allen Chapman, Bound to Succeed

   Synonyms:

   circumlocutory, diffuse, periphrastic, palaverous, pleonastic, prolix, rigmarole, sesquipedalian, verbose, wordy

   Antonyms:

   brief, concise, crisp, laconic, lapidary, short-winded, succinct, tight, to the point, taut

2. High‐sounding but with little meaning.

   Synonyms:

   rhetorical

3. (colloquial) Loud, aggressive, highly exaggerated, or explosive in manner or delivery; over‐the‐top.
4. (archaic) Inflated, overfilled.

   Synonyms:

   inflated, turgid