Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fustian

2 senses of fustian

Sense 1
bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah -- (pompous or pretentious talk or writing)
       => grandiosity, magniloquence, ornateness, grandiloquence, rhetoric -- (high-flown style; excessive use of verbal ornamentation; "the grandiosity of his prose"; "an excessive ornateness of language")

Sense 2
fustian -- (a strong cotton and linen fabric with a slight nap)
       => fabric, cloth, material, textile -- (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress")

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