bloviating

verb

present participle of bloviate
as in blustering

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bloviating
  1. blustering
  2. ranting
  3. haranguing
  4. pontificating
  5. declaiming
  6. raving
  7. spouting
  8. huffing
Verb
  • Juxtaposed to Colman Domingo’s blustering portrayal of Joe Jackson and Jaafar Jackson’s uncanny performance as his late uncle Michael, Long has found a way to make silence load-bearing.
    — Zeba Blay, SELF, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Eddie, a blustering man who’s often the loudest to laugh at the fat jokes hurled his way, is on the cusp of landing a new contract for his own variety show at CBS, a much larger network than his and Maggie’s current employer.
    — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of blustering
Verb
  • Elon Musk is ranting on X in response to the upcoming documentary, Musk.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Videos of Cubans exploding in anger and ranting against the government have become frequent despite the severe penalties Cuban law imposes to those who criticize the authorities.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of ranting
Verb
  • During testimony this week, Warsh sought to emphasize his independence from the White House, which was called into question after months of Trump haranguing Powell over interest rates.
    — Justin Papp, CNBC, 16 July 2026
  • Benatia got a three-month suspension for haranguing a fourth official.
    — Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026
Definition of haranguing
Verb
  • The language of a sociopath is very easy to have a mustached, twirly guy speaking and pontificating and vaguely threatening tropes, but to really give him a kind of humanity, vulnerability.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Over the course of the last three weeks, some of the biggest names in the business of reporting on (and pontificating about) sports media have transformed themselves into a scruffy simulacrum of the town elders from Footloose.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of pontificating
Verb
  • Related Stories Cruise, declaiming every line, acting with blind bluster and a mean gleam of good-ol’-boy joy, makes Digger a walking cartoon — a larger-than-life satire of over-the-top American arrogance, like LBJ crossed with Foghorn Leghorn.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
  • And the conversations between Anna and Molly, Ella and Julia (Ella’s friend and a counterpart of Molly), as well as the stammering and declaiming when Anna talks to herself, are almost always about men.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of declaiming
Verb
  • Our young programming team was raving about Rhys Marc Jones’s ‘Black Church Bay,’ a thriller starring Joe Locke, who is also one of our guests.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Recommended by both taste-maker Sasha Mei and our own Leonard, these Techno Taffeta Barrel Pants are what all the fashion insiders are raving about.
    — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of raving
Verb
  • The humpback was caught on video spouting water while swimming close to shore.
    — Megan Fahrney, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Camera footage recorded June 18 showed the pool occasionally spouting water 20 to 30 feet into the air before returning to an active boil.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 24 June 2026
Definition of spouting
Verb
  • This version is battery-powered, meaning no more huffing and puffing!
    — Anja Webb, Parents, 24 June 2026
  • Lee began huffing gasoline at seven years old, court documents stated.
    — Nina Giraldo, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Definition of huffing
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“Bloviating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bloviating. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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