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as in chatterer
a person who talks constantly
a politician who is the stereotypical backslapping blowhard
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as in braggart
someone who boasts
a blowhard who always had to act like she was better than anyone else
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Recent Examples of blowhard
One of the werewolves is Wesley’s neighbor, a survivalist blowhard who prepares for supermoon night by painting his face with red, white, and blue warpaint.
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Either way, several ounces of energy were dedicated to UT during the CWS run regardless of what the former blowhard coach is claiming.
—Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 July 2024
But instead of taking her lumps and proving her worth, she’s almost instantly devolved into the most obnoxious blowhard character imaginable.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Benji’s older brother, Tom (Jack Reynor), is an blowhard bro barely kept in line by his conniving wife, Abby (Dakota Fanning).
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
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Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
Either way, several ounces of energy were dedicated to UT during the CWS run regardless of what the former blowhard coach is claiming.
—Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 10 July 2024
But instead of taking her lumps and proving her worth, she’s almost instantly devolved into the most obnoxious blowhard character imaginable.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Benji’s older brother, Tom (Jack Reynor), is an blowhard bro barely kept in line by his conniving wife, Abby (Dakota Fanning).
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 5 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowhard
Noun
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When a person lacks humility, the deficiency will show up as being a braggart and disrespectful.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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He’s swept away in a sea of raves MILAN — Giorgio Armani is not a very good braggart.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
WWD,
17 Oct. 2024
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In the clip, the magpie can be seen swooping down to land on the back of the muntjac, which is otherwise minding its own business.—
Jack Beresford,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Novelists are alarmingly like magpies: always stealing snippets, pieces that shine, from the world around them.—
Erik Pedersen,
Orange County Register,
27 Dec. 2024
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The story is told from Dah’s perspective, as Jocelyn—who displays a quasi-mystical rapport with fighting cocks—suffers an emotional breakdown, putting their business and their lives in danger.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
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The former became fighting cocks and the latter became sows.—
Matthew Gavin Frank,
Harper's Magazine,
6 June 2023
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When a self-important young windbag named Bartow (played to perfection by Jackson Kelly) rather reasonably asks Hank to say something — anything — the latter launches into a scathing but accurate sendup of Bartow’s writing and accuses him (and the student population, and the college) of mediocrity.—
Lili Loofbourow,
Washington Post,
18 Mar. 2023
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The themes that move them — annoying roommates, windbag friends, comical misunderstandings, internet word soup — feel half-classic and half-distinctly contemporary, like if one of those fake AI Seinfeld script-bot Twitter accounts was actually funny.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
1 Nov. 2021
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Such a windup suggested that a rerun of their infamous 2020 debate was coming, with Trump casting himself in the role, once again, of rogue gasbag.—
Susan B. Glasser,
The New Yorker,
28 June 2024
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Trump, now with the gasbag winds from TV commentary at his back, may indeed win the nomination in 2024.—
Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
6 June 2023
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It was revealed in footage secretly filmed from behind a curtain then sent by a whistle blower to international media.—
Graham Dunbar,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Mar. 2025
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Cub Cadet electric start gas snow blower: $1,299 One of the more high-tech snow blowers, the Cub Cadet gas snow blower, has all the bells and whistles.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
10 Dec. 2024
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“Blowhard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowhard. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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