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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
A couple of points about all this: First, the lawsuit piggybacks on a report issued last month by the Republican staff of the House Judiciary Committee, which is chaired by that outstanding blowhard, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
Or watch as Mary repeatedly attempts to restrain herself from interrupting her blowhard husband in an extended back-and-forth of flawless comic timing.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 11 July 2024
Under the Tories’ watch, the prime minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street in London was occupied by a dyspeptic culture warrior (Theresa May), who was succeeded by a fustian blowhard (Boris Johnson), who begot an economic ignoramus (Liz Truss).
—Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Americans are facing a choice between an 81-year-old sage with a literal senatorial vein and forgetful streak or a 78-year-old blowhard dragging behind him felony convictions and looming indictments.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2024
Or watch as Mary repeatedly attempts to restrain herself from interrupting her blowhard husband in an extended back-and-forth of flawless comic timing.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 11 July 2024
Under the Tories’ watch, the prime minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street in London was occupied by a dyspeptic culture warrior (Theresa May), who was succeeded by a fustian blowhard (Boris Johnson), who begot an economic ignoramus (Liz Truss).
—Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 5 July 2024
Americans are facing a choice between an 81-year-old sage with a literal senatorial vein and forgetful streak or a 78-year-old blowhard dragging behind him felony convictions and looming indictments.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 28 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowhard
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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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Researchers also studied real-life workplace braggarts and found their colleagues often perceived them negatively.Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 28 May 2024
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The delightful British voice cast includes Richard E. Grant as a slightly wild magpie and Gillian Anderson as a terrifying cat with a showstopping musical number.EW.com, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024
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The structure of the book invites readers to embrace their inner magpie, hopping from one shiny piece of knowledge to another.Jessica Dupuy, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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In the rank and file of men showering the cocks and balls took on the air almost of an independent species, exhibited in instructive contrasts.Charles McGrath, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2024
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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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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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Brinker said the system has backup generators in the event a blower or generator goes down.Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2024
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Visitors can admire and buy works by glass blowers, woodworkers, ceramicists, clothing artists, jewelry makers, mixed-media artists, painters and photographers, sculptors, mosaic artists and more.Daniella Walsh, Orange County Register, 7 Dec. 2024
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