different between bombastic vs gasconade

English

Alternative forms

• bombastical (archaic)
• bombastick (obsolete)
• bumbastic, bumbastical (obsolete)

Etymology

18th century, from bombast (“padding, stuffing”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /b?m?bæs.t?k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b?m?bæs.t??k/
• Rhymes: -æst?k

Adjective

bombastic (comparative more bombastic, superlative most bombastic)

1. (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous

   See Thesaurus:verbose or Thesaurus:arrogant

2. High-sounding but with little meaning.
3. (archaic) Inflated, overfilled.

   Synonyms: inflated, turgid

Antonyms

• (pompous or overly wordy): See Thesaurus:concise

Related terms

Descendants

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From German bombastisch

Adjective

bombastic m or n (feminine singular bombastic?, masculine plural bombastici, feminine and neuter plural bombastice)

1. bombastic

Declension

English

Alternative forms

• Gasconade

Etymology

From French gasconade, from Gascon (“native of Gascony”) +? -ade, literally "to talk like a Gascon"

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ask??ne?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

gasconade (countable and uncountable, plural gasconades)

1. Boastful talk.

Translations

Adjective

gasconade (comparative more gasconade, superlative most gasconade)

1. (obsolete) Of or pertaining to exaggeration or extravagant boasting; bombastic.

Verb

gasconade (third-person singular simple present gasconades, present participle gasconading, simple past and past participle gasconaded)

1. (obsolete, derogatory) To talk boastfully.

Usage notes

Seldom used after the late 19th century. Appears overwhelmingly in references to the French.

Synonyms

• bluster
• boast

Translations

References