bloviates

Definition of bloviatesnext
present tense third-person singular of bloviate

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloviates
Verb
  • That’s especially true for one of its two main narrators, Verity, an aging franchise movie star who acts, thinks, and pontificates like an adolescent.
    Jasmine Vojdani, Vulture, 10 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • And his ultimate war is with Bob, a tech CEO who rants about his haters and has gotten rich off rebranded snake oil and whose obvious corruption has been obscured by his self-mythologizing.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
  • One grumbles when the driver rants about development’s ravages.
    Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Trish coined the nickname, which is funny because Cannon never spouts off.
    E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Though the dream stalker is genuinely terrifying in the 1984 original, his cultural ubiquity grew as the character became less of a boogeyman than a kind of homicidal jester, one who spouts groan-worthy one-liners before spilling your guts.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • One feature the LOKLiK app on Android has that absolutely blows Cricut out of the water is the ability to download more fonts for free.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Cleveland’s Cade blows hitters away with a nasty fastball/splitter combination.
    Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
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“Bloviates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloviates. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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