bloviating
Talking without substance
Bloviating is speaking at length in a pompous, self-important way, usually without saying much of substance.
The word suggests windbag oratory—someone who loves the sound of their own voice: He spent the whole meeting bloviating about his vision for the company.
Politicians are frequent targets of the accusation.
Excessively wordy in speech
- verboseMore words than necessary
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- loquaciousInclined to talk much
rambling · long-winded · circumlocutory · periphrastic · discursive · diffuse · digressive · turgid
Affectedly grand in manner
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- pontificateSpeak in dogmatic manner
- orotundBombastically resonant in speech
declamatory · oratorical · highfalutin · magniloquent · pretentious · affected · ostentatious · grandiose
One who prattles endlessly
- blowhardBoastful empty talker
- gasbagTedious endless talker
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
tedious · insufferable · exasperating · grating · irksome · droning · monotonous · loudmouth
One who flaunts achievements
- braggingExcessive self-praise
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
- arrogantExcessively high self-regard
conceited · self-aggrandizing · smug · hubristic · immodest · cocky · overconfident · self-satisfied
prolix
Excessively wordy in speech
- verboseMore words than necessary
- wordyUsing more language than necessary
- garrulousTediously long-winded
loquacious · rambling · long-winded · circumlocutory · periphrastic · discursive · diffuse · digressive · turgid · redundant
pompous
Affectedly grand in manner
- grandiloquentPretentiously elevated in speech
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- pontificateSpeak in dogmatic manner
orotund · declamatory · oratorical · highfalutin · magniloquent · pretentious · affected · ostentatious · grandiose · inflated
windbag
One who prattles endlessly
wearisome · tedious · insufferable · exasperating · grating · irksome · droning · monotonous · loudmouth · know-it-all
braggart
One who flaunts achievements
- braggingExcessive self-praise
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
- egotisticalExcessively self-centered
arrogant · conceited · self-aggrandizing · smug · hubristic · immodest · cocky · overconfident · self-satisfied · swagger
- blatherbabble, balderdash, baloney, blarney, blather
- bombastbombast, grandiloquence, magniloquence, pomposity, fustian
- pretentiousnesspretentious, pretentiousness, pretension, pompous, pomposity
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, garrulity, loquacity
- blusterboast, boasting, rant, bragging, swagger
- oratorypublic speaking, speeches, oration, orations, addresses