blowhard
noun
blow·hard
ˈblō-ˌhärd 
plural blowhards
: an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart, windbag
… was trapped in a hellish marriage to … a struttingly insensitive macho blowhard.—
Owen Gleiberman
Owen GleibermanBut he was seen by many in Congress as a blowhard, given to long-winded talks bristling with allusions to the Bible, ancient history, and the Constitution.—Thomas E. Ricks
Thomas E. RicksSynonyms
Examples of blowhard in a Sentence
a politician who is the stereotypical backslapping blowhard
a blowhard who always had to act like she was better than anyone else
Recent Examples on the Web
As too many of today’s blowhards fail to understand, the best late-night hosts don’t make the show all about themselves.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 10 May 2024
Seinfeld plays Bob Cabana, the company’s head of development (loosely based on William Post), and Jim Gaffigan is Edsel Kellogg III, the head of the company, who’s still just a blowhard of an empty suit because all his success is inherited.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 May 2024
An extremely rich blowhard who is used to running roughshod over anyone who gets in his way, Charlie is about to receive big-time payback for his toxic masculinity.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
The movie feels very of-the-moment (almost frustratingly so) in its critique of religious hypocrisy and backward gender dynamics, and yet, one longs for a little more nuance in the clownish way these bigots and blowhards are depicted.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Jan. 2024
Ned Godwin is a right-wing blowhard and Vietnam vet in whose congressional campaign the Captain becomes tangentially involved.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
For most of the rest of his career, Keith was a sly humorist, a good-natured blowhard, a chronicler of what really happens below thick skin.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
Keith further solidified his reputation — an outspoken patriot to some, an obnoxious blowhard to others — by way of a public dispute with Natalie Maines of the then- Dixie Chicks.
—Nadine Smith, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
Haley takes fire and Christie calls Ramaswamy an ‘obnoxious blowhard’ in GOP debate
A few things were clear after last night’s Republican debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where the four remaining candidates battled for voters’ attention.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
Judy Berman, TIME, 10 May 2024
Seinfeld plays Bob Cabana, the company’s head of development (loosely based on William Post), and Jim Gaffigan is Edsel Kellogg III, the head of the company, who’s still just a blowhard of an empty suit because all his success is inherited.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 May 2024
An extremely rich blowhard who is used to running roughshod over anyone who gets in his way, Charlie is about to receive big-time payback for his toxic masculinity.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 2 May 2024
The movie feels very of-the-moment (almost frustratingly so) in its critique of religious hypocrisy and backward gender dynamics, and yet, one longs for a little more nuance in the clownish way these bigots and blowhards are depicted.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 6 Jan. 2024
Ned Godwin is a right-wing blowhard and Vietnam vet in whose congressional campaign the Captain becomes tangentially involved.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
For most of the rest of his career, Keith was a sly humorist, a good-natured blowhard, a chronicler of what really happens below thick skin.
—Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024
Keith further solidified his reputation — an outspoken patriot to some, an obnoxious blowhard to others — by way of a public dispute with Natalie Maines of the then- Dixie Chicks.
—Nadine Smith, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2024
Haley takes fire and Christie calls Ramaswamy an ‘obnoxious blowhard’ in GOP debate
A few things were clear after last night’s Republican debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, where the four remaining candidates battled for voters’ attention.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
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