fustian

  • 21fustian — Synonyms and related words: absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bibble babble, blabber, blather, bombast, bombastic, bombastry, claptrap, double talk, drivel, drool, fiddle faddle, fiddledeedee, flatulent, flummery, folderol,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 22fustian — Mawdesley Glossary Corduroy. The material used for making trousers. Fustion breeches …

    English dialects glossary

  • 23fustian — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bombast, ranting, pomposity; see euphuism , wordiness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. bombastic, pompous, pretentious, extravagant, grandiose, lofty. ANT.: understated, low key III (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun… …

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  • 24fustian — fus|tian [ fʌstʃiən ] noun uncount 1. ) cloth made of thick rough cotton, worn especially in the past 2. ) LITERARY a speech or piece of writing that sounds impressive but is unimportant …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 25fustian — coarse twilled cotton Fabric and Cloth …

    Phrontistery dictionary

  • 26fustian — fus·ti·an || fÊŒstʃən / tɪən n. linen; coarse fabric; high sounding speech, flowery speech …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 27fustian — n. 1. Bombast, rant, rhodomontade, inflated style, swelling or pompous phraseology. 2. Stuff, nonsense, trash, twaddle, inanity, etc. See balderdash …

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  • 28fustian — n 1. bombast, rant, grandiosity, rodomontade, pomposity, magniloquence, grandiloquence; tumidity, turgidity, flatulence, Archaic. tympany; extravagance, high flown language, flowery speech, exaggerated language, overstatement, sesquipedality;… …

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  • 29fustian — fus·tian …

    English syllables

  • 30fustian — UK [ˈfʌstɪən] / US [ˈfʌstʃɪən] noun [uncountable] 1) cloth made of thick rough cotton, worn especially in the past 2) literary a speech or piece of writing that sounds impressive but is unimportant …

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