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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
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.
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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
Jenny found Gerry intelligent and amusing but also a blowhard and a bully.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
One of the werewolves is Wesley’s neighbor, a survivalist blowhard who prepares for supermoon night by painting his face with red, white, and blue warpaint.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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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
Jenny found Gerry intelligent and amusing but also a blowhard and a bully.
—Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
One of the werewolves is Wesley’s neighbor, a survivalist blowhard who prepares for supermoon night by painting his face with red, white, and blue warpaint.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
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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
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The effect of a chunky gold costume jewelry necklace or a Victorian cocktail ring is transformative—drawing the eye of curious magpies and average onlookers to tell a story as unique as a gemstone or antique setting itself.—
Kristen Bateman,
Vogue,
21 May 2025
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One rare example is the Australian magpie, a bird that has been known to swoop down and peck at people, sometimes delivering serious injuries.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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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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If there’s rodent residue, don’t bother to clean it out, just install a new one or have a mechanic perform this task and insure that surrounding areas, including the blower motor and housing, are likewise cleaned out and disinfected as a precaution.—
Jim Gorzelany,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
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At stake was suppression of news coverage about the damage caused by smoking, the intrigues forming the basis for The Insider, Michael Mann’s 1999 whistle blower movie.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
8 May 2025
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“Blowhard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowhard. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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