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All windbag synonyms

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noun windbag

  • bore — If someone or something bores you, you find them dull and uninteresting.
  • bigmouth — a noisy, indiscreet, or boastful person
  • fool — to trick, deceive, or impose on: They tried to fool him.
  • smart aleck — an obnoxiously conceited person.
  • chatterbox — A chatterbox is someone who talks a lot.
  • wiseacre — a person who possesses or affects to possess great wisdom.
  • chatterer — A chatterer is the same as a chatterbox.
  • blowhard — If you describe someone as a blowhard, you mean that they express their opinions very forcefully, and usually in a boastful way.
  • boaster — a chisel for boasting stone.
  • braggart — a person who boasts loudly or exaggeratedly; bragger
  • bragger — a person who brags.
  • gasbag — a bag for holding gas, as in a balloon or dirigible.
  • jabberer — rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.
  • know-it-all — a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
  • bag of wind — windbag.
  • gascon — a native of Gascony, France, the inhabitants of which were reputedly very boastful.
  • motor-mouth — a person who is a constant or irrepressible talker.

adjective windbag

  • stuck up — snobbishly conceited.
  • swollen-headed — conceited
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • hifalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
  • euphuistic — Of or pertaining to euphuism.
  • boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
  • effusive — unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve: effusive greetings; an effusive person.
  • bombastic — If you describe someone as bombastic, you are criticizing them for trying to impress other people by saying things that sound impressive but have little meaning.
  • hot stuff — a person or thing of exceptional interest or merit.
  • conceited — If you say that someone is conceited, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are far too proud of their abilities or achievements.
  • applaud — When a group of people applaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
  • loudmouth — a loudmouthed person.
  • self-aggrandizing — increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
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