braggartold-fashioneddisapproving
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Boasting
bighead
blow
blow your own trumpetidiom
boast
boastful
boastfully
brag
braggadocio
braggadocious
braggart
bragging rights
chest-thumping
crow
crow about something
flex
humblebrag
outbrag
swaggerer
toot
toot your own hornidiom
Listen to the old blowhard, said Steve.
You're a blowhard!
Examples of blowhard
blowhard
He is a pompous, over the top,
blowhard who enjoys using excessive force.
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Although it is now closed,
blowhard the horse remains at the entrance.
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Carolla frequently and publicly chides media personalities whom he considers blowhards.
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Cliff became known for his outlandish stories of plausible half-truths, uninteresting trivia, and misinformation, and in general for being a pretentious
blowhard.
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