bloviated
Droned on grandly
Bloviated is the past tense of bloviate, meaning to speak or write at length in a pompous, boastful, or empty manner.
The word suggests windy, self-important rhetoric that prioritizes volume over substance.
The senator bloviated for an hour without saying anything of consequence.
Though it sounds like it could be ancient, bloviate is an American coinage from the 19th century, likely a playful pseudo-Latinization.
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
- verboseMore words than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
discursive · garrulous · loquacious · circuitous · periphrastic · diffuse · meandering · digressive
Exaggerating one's own significance
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
pontificating · haughty · arrogant · vainglorious · overbearing · imperious · supercilious · conceited
Made larger than reality
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
- melodramaticExaggeratedly emotional in expression
florid · embellished · overwrought · ostentatious · flamboyant · ornate · magniloquent · fustian
Failing to engage interest
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- dullLacking edge or interest
droning · plodding · interminable · exhausting · soporific · dreary · stale · dry
long-winded
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
- verboseMore words than necessary
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
rambling · discursive · garrulous · loquacious · circuitous · periphrastic · diffuse · meandering · digressive · windy
self-important
Exaggerating one's own significance
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
grandiloquent · pontificating · haughty · arrogant · vainglorious · overbearing · imperious · supercilious · conceited · egotistical
exaggerated
Made larger than reality
- hyperbolicExaggerated beyond reason
- inflatedExpanded with gas
- theatricalExaggeratedly emotional for effect
melodramatic · florid · embellished · overwrought · ostentatious · flamboyant · ornate · magniloquent · fustian · turgid
boring
Failing to engage interest
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
dull · droning · plodding · interminable · exhausting · soporific · dreary · stale · dry · prosaic