blowhard

noun

blow·​hard ˈblō-ˌhärd How to pronounce blowhard (audio)
plural blowhards
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: an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart, windbag
… was trapped in a hellish marriage to … a struttingly insensitive macho blowhard.—Owen Gleiberman
But 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

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a politician who is the stereotypical backslapping blowhard a blowhard who always had to act like she was better than anyone else
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To put it nicely, James is high horse moral blowhard on a lot of things, and one is being vegan. — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 20 May 2026 And the album got mixed reviews at the time, kicking off more than half a century of blowhards calling on the Stones to pack it in. — Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 1 May 2026 Being a manager is hard; being a blowhard columnist after a series that brought national indignity to the local nine is easy. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026 The fictional host was fashioned largely after Fox News blowhard Bill O’Reilly. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for blowhard

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of blowhard was in 1848

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“Blowhard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blowhard. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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