bombast

[US]/ˈbɒmbæst/
[UK]/ˈbɑːmbæst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. pompöse oder prätentiöse Rede oder Schrift
adj. hochtrabende Sprache verwendend; pompös
Word Forms
Pluralbombasts

Phrases & Collocations

bombastic style

bombastischer Stil

Example Sentences

cut through the bombast

durch die Worthülsen schneiden

see through the bombast

die Worthülsen durchschauen

Real-world Examples

Not everyone was convinced by such bombast.

Nicht jeder war von einem solchen Bombast überzeugt.

Source: Past exam questions of new reading types in the postgraduate entrance examination.

Colleagues soon found Kennedy to be an odd combination of bombast and self-effacement.

Kollegen fanden Kennedy bald als eine seltsame Kombination aus Bombast und Selbstentzug.

Source: Time

For a while, in Cairo and Beirut, he worked for Radio Palestine, but the bombast and sloganeering of politics repelled him.

Für eine Weile arbeitete er in Kairo und Beirut für Radio Palestine, aber der Bombast und die Parolen der Politik stießen ihn ab.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

It's not bombast that I cured her broken bosom bone with borax.

Es ist nicht der Bombast, der ihre gebrochene Brustwirbelsäule mit Borax geheilt hat.

Source: Pan Pan

After all this sort of bombast, you know, I can do it better, the Americans aren't helping us.

Nach all diesem Bombast, wisst ihr, ich kann es besser machen, die Amerikaner helfen uns nicht.

Source: Financial Times Podcast

" All the bombast which our opponent has stolen from Bossuet and lavished upon you, " said the advocate, " has done you good" .

Source: The Red and the Black (Part Four)

" There are a lot of opinions about the integrity of the election, the irregularities of mail-in voting, of election voting machines and voting software, " Dobbs said, his usual bombast strangely absent.

Source: New York Times

Sometimes, he was a very comfortable person to live with, for all his unfortunate habit of not permitting anyone in his presence to act a lie, palm off a pretense or indulge in bombast.

Manchmal war er ein sehr angenehmer Mensch, mit dem man zusammenlebte, trotz seiner unglücklichen Angewohnheit, es niemandem in seiner Gegenwart zu erlauben, eine Lüge zu erzählen, eine Täuschung vorzutäuschen oder sich dem Bombast hinzugeben.

Source: Gone with the Wind

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