Engelbert Humperdinck

The pomp, power, and military bombast of 'La Marseillaise' draws me into the history of France and my own. The surname I was born with was French: D'Orsay; perhaps an ancestor was amongst those troops that marched to this evocative anthem for the first time as they entered Paris 200 years ago!

English Musician

Harold Prince

I've always loved Victorian melodrama. And I've always liked larger-than-life theater, providing it's truthful and honest. I like what the theater can provide in energy and bombast - I enjoy it when it's large, and by that I don't mean in size, I mean in emotions. Shakespeare did that.

American Producer

Charlie Sykes

In many ways, anti-anti-Trumpism mirrors Donald Trump himself because, at its core there are no fixed values, no respect for constitutional government or ideas of personal character - only a free-floating nihilism cloaked in insult, mockery, and bombast.

American

Jon Ossoff

At the structural level, when the primary is all that matters, the incentives change for politicians. And, when you can earn media coverage with bombast and vitriol, that creates another incentive for politicians to light things on fire.

American Director

Henry Lawson

It is the same with revolution; so long as the proper spirit is spreading amongst our young men, we are satisfied that it spreads without bombast or parade.

Australian Writer

George Vecsey

For years, I advised George Steinbrenner to get out of town because he dishonored my hometown with his bullying and bombast.

American Author

Bombast refers to speaking or writing that's pompous, showing off with fancy words without sincerity.

Insincere Grandiloquence

Using bombast carries a negative implication that the speaker is trying to deceive or impress falsely.

Negative Connotation

Bombast can be seen as overly dramatic or theatrical in a way that can seem ridiculous.

Overly Dramatic

Bombast as a material was used historically to shape clothing; particularly noticed in the fashion of the past.

Historic Clothing

Bombast gave a puffed-up appearance, symbolizing wealth and status in historical fashion.

Puffed-up Appearance

Beside clothes, bombast also filled furniture for comfort and aesthetic during its period.

Material Use

 that overcomes that most awful offense to humanity, extreme poverty, facts that build a powerful momentum. So I thought, forget the rock opera, forget the bombast, my usual tricks.

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