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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
So was naming Michael Lombardi UNC’s general manager, a blowhard whose arrogance is unmatched, even in a sport composed of cocksure coaches and executives.
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
The flirty blowhard with the goatee is a younger philosophy professor, Hank (Andrew Garfield), who signals their years of friendship (and maybe more) by propping his legs up against her on the couch.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Any resemblance to real-life megalomaniacal blowhards in positions of power are anything but coincidental.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
Or the skewering and scathing kind from social media, where everyone’s a target by armchair quarterback blowhards, including over four mixed starts at Arizona State in 2023.
—Joe Davidosn, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
The flirty blowhard with the goatee is a younger philosophy professor, Hank (Andrew Garfield), who signals their years of friendship (and maybe more) by propping his legs up against her on the couch.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
Any resemblance to real-life megalomaniacal blowhards in positions of power are anything but coincidental.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
Or the skewering and scathing kind from social media, where everyone’s a target by armchair quarterback blowhards, including over four mixed starts at Arizona State in 2023.
—Joe Davidosn, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blowhard
Noun
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Of the many incarnations of the narcissist, there is the braggart, and there is also the neurotic.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
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Still, Kimmel never came off as a braggart.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This kit packs in a lot—you’ll notice a fan with two magpies, a vase of fortune red fruit, a persimmon fruit, three golden ingots, and a calligraphy pen with a scroll.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
4 Feb. 2026
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My creativity delights in currawong calls, and the ululation of magpies, warblers and kookaburras.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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
Noun
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Which is the unstoppable windbag destined to monopolize conversation at breakfast?—
Guy Trebay,
Travel + Leisure,
15 July 2025
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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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In one painfully funny sequence, a visiting gallerist (and gasbag) barely seems to care about her art, showing more interest in a goose’s nest that has materialized in an enclosure.—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Feb. 2026
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Larger balloons were connected to the ground by telegraph wires to speed the delivery of intelligence, which had to be fast, as the tethered gasbags were sitting ducks for Confederate fire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The drones fly autonomously alongside normal operations, adapting to airflow from blowers and door activity while continuing to capture inventory data.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Feb. 2026
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My understanding is, the whistle-blower has been waiting for guidance, legal guidance, on how to approach the committee.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Blowhard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blowhard. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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