напыщенный — meaning in English
napyshchennyy
Russian → English · translate English → Russian instead
English meaning
- bombastic adj showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
- flamboyant adjective Bold, showy, and confident in style or behavior, often to draw attention.
- highfalutin adj Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical.
- 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 Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts.
- turgid adj Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent, especially fluid, or expansive force.
Senses
напыщенный 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
- adj showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms; grandiloquent; pompous
- adj High‐sounding but with little meaning.
- adj Loud, aggressive, highly exaggerated, or explosive in manner or delivery; over‐the‐top.
- adj Inflated, overfilled.