bombastic
adjective/bɑmˈbæstɪk/
Frequency rank: #18,156 most common English word
Meaning
Using language that sounds impressive but is overly inflated and insincere.
Example sentence
The politician's speech was so bombastic that many voters felt he was hiding his lack of real ideas behind empty words.
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