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напы́щенный — meaning in English

napyshchennyy

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English meaning

  • bombastic adj Using showy, elaborate language to sound impressive.
  • flamboyant adjective Bold, showy, and confident in style or behavior, often to draw attention.
  • highfalutin adj Behaving as if you are more important than you really are; pompous.
  • histrionic adjective Excessively dramatic or emotional in a way that seems staged and is meant to attract attention.
  • melodramatic adj Exaggeratedly emotional or theatrical, especially about something that doesn't warrant it.
  • pompous adj Overly self-important, grand, or full of exaggerated dignity.
  • puffy adjective Swollen or rounded in shape, as if filled with air.
  • showy adj Flashy or attracting a lot of attention, often in an exaggerated way.
  • stilted adj Standing or built on stilts, or on something similar.
  • turgid adj Swollen beyond its normal size, usually by fluid pressing outward from inside.

Senses

напы́щенный is used for these senses in English:

  • bombastic (of a person, their language or writing) showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
  • bombastic High-sounding but with little meaning.
  • flamboyant Showy, bold or audacious in behaviour, appearance, style, etc.; ostentatious.
  • grandiloquent (of a person, their language or writing) Given to using language in a showy way by using an excessive number of difficult words to impress others; bombastic; turgid.
  • highfalutin (US, informal) Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
  • histrionic (by extension) Excessively dramatic or emotional, especially with the intention to draw attention.
  • melodramatic Exaggeratedly emotional or sentimental.
  • pompous Affectedly grand, solemn or self-important.

bombastic — full definition

  1. adj Using showy, elaborate language to sound impressive.
  2. adj Sounding grand and important while actually meaning very little.
  3. adj Loud, forceful and exaggerated in style; over the top.
  4. adj Puffed up or filled out more than it needs to be.
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