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bombast:
- hoogdravendheid; gezwollenheid; pompeusheid; gewichtigheid; bombast; gewichtigdoenerij; eigendunk; eigenwaan; declamatie; holle hoogdravendheid
Wiktionary:
- bombast → klem, nadruk, bombast

English

Detailed Translations for bombast from English to Dutch

bombast:

bombast [the ~] noun

the bombast (grandiloquence; pomposity; conceit; cockiness; flatulence; arrogance; haughtiness; self-conceit; conceitedness; self-importance)
de hoogdravendheid; gezwollenheid; pompeusheid; de gewichtigheid; de bombast; de gewichtigdoenerij
- hoogdravendheid [de ~ (v)] noun
- gezwollenheid [znw.] noun
- pompeusheid [znw.] noun
- gewichtigheid [de ~ (v)] noun
- bombast [de ~ (m)] noun
- gewichtigdoenerij [de ~ (v)] noun
the bombast (self-conceit; self-importance)
de eigendunk; de eigenwaan
- eigendunk [de ~ (m)] noun
- eigenwaan [de ~ (m)] noun
the bombast (empty rhetoric; ranting)
de declamatie; holle hoogdravendheid
- declamatie [de ~ (v)] noun
- holle hoogdravendheid [znw.] noun

Translation Matrix for bombast:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
bombast	arrogance; bombast; cockiness; conceit; conceitedness; flatulence; grandiloquence; haughtiness; pomposity; self-conceit; self-importance
declamatie	bombast; empty rhetoric; ranting	declamation; delivery
eigendunk	bombast; self-conceit; self-importance	arrogance; cockiness; conceit; conceitedness; haughtiness; self complacency; self-complacency; self-conceit; self-satisfaction
eigenwaan	bombast; self-conceit; self-importance	arrogance; cockiness; conceit; conceitedness; haughtiness; self complacency; self-complacency; self-conceit; self-satisfaction
gewichtigdoenerij	arrogance; bombast; cockiness; conceit; conceitedness; flatulence; grandiloquence; haughtiness; pomposity; self-conceit; self-importance
gewichtigheid	arrogance; bombast; cockiness; conceit; conceitedness; flatulence; grandiloquence; haughtiness; pomposity; self-conceit; self-importance	importance; meaning; significance; weight
gezwollenheid	arrogance; bombast; cockiness; conceit; conceitedness; flatulence; grandiloquence; haughtiness; pomposity; self-conceit; self-importance	distension; puffiness; tumidity
holle hoogdravendheid	bombast; empty rhetoric; ranting
hoogdravendheid	arrogance; bombast; cockiness; conceit; conceitedness; flatulence; grandiloquence; haughtiness; pomposity; self-conceit; self-importance
pompeusheid	arrogance; bombast; cockiness; conceit; conceitedness; flatulence; grandiloquence; haughtiness; pomposity; self-conceit; self-importance
-	blah; claptrap; fustian; rant

Synonyms for "bombast":

fustian; rant; claptrap; blah; grandiosity; magniloquence; ornateness; grandiloquence; rhetoric

Related Definitions for "bombast":

pompous or pretentious talk or writing¹

Wiktionary Translations for bombast:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• bombast	→ klem; nadruk; bombast	↔ emphase — affectation pompeux dans le discours ou dans le débit.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University