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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
Sliwa is many things: a seventy-year-old gadfly, a blowhard of the old school, and a New Yorker’s New Yorker.
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Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
A lot of these blowhards work in the media, not just in electoral politics.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
In an industry filled with blowhards, Doug Davis flies pretty far under the radar, at least for a major music attorney, son of one of its most legendary executives and, for nearly two decades, co-pilot of that legendary executive’s iconic annual event, the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
On the other side of Rio, Vasco’s blowhard president, Eurico Miranda, was rather more forthcoming.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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Kent Russell, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
A lot of these blowhards work in the media, not just in electoral politics.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 Mar. 2025
In an industry filled with blowhards, Doug Davis flies pretty far under the radar, at least for a major music attorney, son of one of its most legendary executives and, for nearly two decades, co-pilot of that legendary executive’s iconic annual event, the Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Gala.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 31 Jan. 2025
On the other side of Rio, Vasco’s blowhard president, Eurico Miranda, was rather more forthcoming.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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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
Noun
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Experts suggest that not all magpies are aggressive.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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Wayne is also a ferocious magpie of information, an endless spinner of theories and weaver of connections, a writer of feverish, private dispatches.—
Tom Vanderbilt,
Outside Online,
5 June 2025
Noun
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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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That's a pretty large power and torque bump compared to the outgoing A5 Sportback, in part thanks to a new variable geometry turbocharger that replaces the old twin-scroll blower.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
18 June 2025
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Boat safety tips Boating experts stress that boaters must open their engine compartment and turn on the blower fan before starting a boat.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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