blowhard

noun

blow·​hard ˈblō-ˌhärd How to pronounce blowhard (audio)
plural blowhards
: an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart, windbag
… was trapped in a hellish marriage to … a struttingly insensitive macho blowhard.Owen Gleiberman
But he was seen by many in Congress as a blowhard, given to long-winded talks bristling with allusions to the Bible, ancient history, and the Constitution.Thomas E. Ricks

Examples of blowhard in a Sentence

a politician who is the stereotypical backslapping blowhard a blowhard who always had to act like she was better than anyone else
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Or the skewering and scathing kind from social media, where everyone’s a target by armchair quarterback blowhards, including over four mixed starts at Arizona State in 2023. Joe Davidosn, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Many of those findings will be contrary to the interests of the blowhards who, at least temporarily, control our nation, and so they may be suppressed for the moment. Bill McKibben, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025 Another film critic shaking his fist at the sky isn’t going to change anything — shaking their fists at the sky and not changing things is basically 90% of what those blowhards get paid to do these days. David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 1 Aug. 2025 Tech interviews are 80% an opportunity for some blowhard at the company to impress their skill on you. Preston Fore, Fortune, 3 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for blowhard

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blowhard was in 1848

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“Blowhard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowhard. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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blowhard

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blow·​hard
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