flatulent

adjective

flat·​u·​lent ˈfla-chə-lənt 

1

a

: likely to cause gas

b

: marked by or affected with gas generated in the intestine or stomach

2

: pompously or portentously overblown

flatulently adverb

Synonyms

• bombastic
• fustian
• gaseous
• gassy
• grandiloquent
• oratorical
• orotund
• rhetorical
• rhetoric
• windy

Examples of flatulent in a Sentence

on election night TV's self-important pundits let loose a fusillade of flatulent pontifications

Recent Examples on the Web

The waggish jeer that subverts the Reich Chancellery, designed by Adolf Hitler's chief architect, Albert Speer, must have sent the woman who chastises children for flatulent folly into a tizzy. —Natasha Gural, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025

The team leader is the heavy-drinking, greasy-haired, unstoppably flatulent Jackson Lamb. —David Phelan, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025

Slough House is headed by the slovenly, flatulent, and frequently intoxicated Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who routinely heaps verbal abuse on his staff but is nonetheless a brilliant spymaster in his own smelly way. —Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024

Climate change is causing various ant species of Colorado’s Gregory Canyon to alter their traditional ranges, the shells of East Coast mussels to grow more porous, herring to arrive earlier in the Wadden Sea, and Australian scientists to urge the breeding of less flatulent cows. —Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 2 July 2024

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from Latin flatus act of blowing, wind, from flare to blow — more at blow

First Known Use

1599, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Medical Definition

flatulent

adjective

flat·​u·​lent -lənt 

1

: marked by or affected with gases generated in the intestine or stomach

2

: likely to cause digestive flatulence

flatulently adverb