# bombastic

> English word · Adjective · IPA /bɒmˈbæs.tɪk/ · frequency rank #45,240

## Definitions
1. showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
2. High-sounding but with little meaning.
3. Inflated, overfilled.

## Etymology
From bombast (“padding, stuffing”) + -ic, 18th century. Sense evolution possibly influenced by unrelated bomb and bombard; see also bombard phrase.

## Common misspellings (14)
`bbombastic`, `bmobastic`, `bobmastic`, `bomabstic`, `bombasitc`, `bombasstic`, `bombastci`, `bombasticc`, `bombasttic`, `bombatsic`, `bombbastic`, `bombsatic`, `bommbastic`, `obmbastic`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/bombastic