Fustian

What do we mean by fustian?

A coarse sturdy cloth made of cotton and linen or flax. noun

Any of several thick twilled cotton fabrics, such as corduroy, having a short nap. noun

Pretentious speech or writing; pompous language. noun

Made of or as if of fustian. adjective

Pompous, bombastic, and ranting. adjective

Formerly, a stout cloth, supposed to have been of cotton or cotton and flax. noun

In present use, a stout twilled cotton fabric, especially that which has a short nap, variously called corduroy, moleskin, beaverteen, velveteen, thickset, etc., according to the way in which it is finished. See pillow. noun

An inflated or turgid style of speaking or writing, characterized by the use of high-sounding phrases and exaggerated metaphors, and running into hyperbole and rant; empty phrasing. noun

A potation composed of the yolks of eggs, white wine or other liquor, lemon, and spices. noun

Synonyms Turgidness, Rant, etc. See bombast. noun

Made of fustian.

Pompous in style; ridiculously tumid; bombastic.

A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff, including corduroy, velveteen, etc. noun

An inflated style of writing; a kind of writing in which high-sounding words are used, above the dignity of the thoughts or subject; bombast. noun

Made of fustian. adjective

Pompous; ridiculously tumid; inflated; bombastic. adjective

A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff noun

A class of cloth including corduroy and velveteen noun

Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech noun

A kind of coarse twilled cotton or cotton and linen stuff.

A class of cloth including corduroy and velveteen.

Pompous, inflated or pretentious writing or speech.

A drink made of white wine with egg yolk, lemon and spices.

Words that are spelled similarly to fustian:
fustian, faustian.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word fustian:
weft, slapstick, weaving, linen, cloth, warp, parachute, spinning, woven, cotton, sicily, silk, airborne, cutting, textile, fabric, raw, casualties, manchester, brigade, mills, mill, invasion, allied, operation, heavy, suffered, bridge, industry, market.

Words that rhyme with fustian:
ricin, griskin, grison, vison, lysin, ustion, viscin, ficin, mycin, fuscin, glycin, musson, robitussin, visken, russin, cuskin, asmussen, husson, the son, cusson, a son, a sin, bus in, buss in, bussen, cus in, cuss in, discuss in, flysch in, fuss in, gus in, huss in, le son, minibus in, plus in, plus son, plus un, pus in, rus in, russ in, russe in, superfluous in, sus in, the sun, thus in, truss in, us in, us sin.

Adjectives that are often used to describe fustian:
such, white, mere, abominable, much, rhetorical, unnatural, coarse, furious, brown, dutch, pure, horrible, vile, english, preposterous, bombastic, foreign, black, democratic, poetic, spangled, stilted, melodramatic, red, indelicate, empty, asiatic, extraordinary, heroic, sentimental, wretched, romantic, shapeless, amusing, splendid, honest, sad, literary, blatant, green, synthetic, coarsest, tame, heaviest, thickest, merest, cheap, bloodcurdling, dark, frigid, poor, fine, intolerable, historical, sorry, blue, thick, dirty, significant, musical, theatrical, yeatsian, highsounding, patriotic, verbose, dramatic, oratorical, victorian, imperial, russet, academic, day, contemptible, ancient, pretentious.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective fustian:
jacket, coat, jackets, trousers, cutting, clothes, cloth, suit, frock, manufacturer, heretofore, coats, breeches, manufacture, cutter, industry, manufacturers, stuff, weavers, trade, weaver, cutters, words, waistcoat, doublet, flag, maker, style, sleeves, rhetoric, phrases, makers, gaiters, trowsers, hero, rascal, phrase, dresses, language, weaving, tax, blankets, sentiment, romance, goods, riddle, garment, shirt, eloquence, writers, tragedy, cap, piece, cloak, metaphors, heroes, porter, roar, sentences, bag, branch, garments, rants, behind, bombast, country, banners, leather, stuffs, shawl, pieces, industries, tunic, suits, stand, dress, description, masters, production, audience, drama, greets, quality, ingenuities, caps, worker, speech, play, carpenters, latin, waistcoats, rag, fume, flannel, sleeve, nonsense, tongue, attacks.

Consonant match to fustian:
fasten, fascine, phocine, phosphene, ficin, fuscin, fossane, fuson, fuscine, pherson, fason, face in, face on, face seen, feis in, fis in, foss in, fossa in, fosse in, fosse un, fossen, fuss in, fuss on.

Words that sound like fustian:
fustian, faustian, festin, fussing, fastin, fusain, phocine, fisson, feston, ficin, fiston, fasten, fetching, fisting, festoon, fascia, fessing, fason, fuson, fassen, fossen, fascine, fascin, feesten, fisking, facing, fasting, feasting, fastening, fuzzing, fashin, fudging, fatin, phase in, feast on, fujin, faustine, feagin, fasan, face-down, foisting, fission, the skin, eosin, fashion, fortune, fishing, physician, fixin, fizzing, fellin, fit in, phishing, fittin, fizzling, fill in, fortun, fossum, fill-in, felin, gestion, faison, pherson, fusca, fenced in, filin, foison, funston, ustion, fanchon, fascial, phase one, fair skin, fence in, finnin, faceman, fishkin, fasm, fell in, fish on, phaeacian, foshan, fishskin, fushun, fusome, fish skin, fsan, funen, fusta, the sun, the son, fakin, facetime, facedown, bastian, fall in, face time, astian, bostian, face down.