bloviation
Long-winded empty talk
Bloviation is long-winded, pompous speech that sounds impressive but says little of substance.
The term suggests someone who loves the sound of their own voice: His press conferences were exercises in pure bloviation.
Politicians and pundits are frequent targets of the accusation.
The verb is bloviate.
Delivering pompous addresses
- orationFormal public speech
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
- diatribeBitter, prolonged verbal attack
- declamationForceful, theatrical speaking
sermonizing · pontificating · grandstanding · soapboxing · lecturing · tirade · peroration · fulmination
Pompous, extravagant language
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- pufferyOverblown self-promotion
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
bluster · pretentiousness · windbaggery · hot air · ego · pontificating · showboating · self-aggrandizement
Tedious lengthiness in speech
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- longwindednessExcessive use of words
- garrulityExcessive, tedious talking
rambling · logorrhea · turgidity · diffuseness · redundancy · loquacity · expatiation · droning
Meaningless boastful talk
- vacuousnessAbsence of thought or meaning
- hollownessState of being empty inside
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- balderdashSenseless talk or writing
drivel · twaddle · claptrap · hogwash · poppycock · guff · waffle · fluff
speechifying
Delivering pompous addresses
- orationFormal public speech
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
- diatribeBitter, prolonged verbal attack
declamation · sermonizing · pontificating · grandstanding · soapboxing · lecturing · tirade · peroration · fulmination · spouting
grandiloquence
Pompous, extravagant language
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- pufferyOverblown self-promotion
- self-importanceExaggerated sense of significance
braggadocio · bluster · pretentiousness · windbaggery · hot air · ego · pontificating · showboating · self-aggrandizement · swagger
prolixity
Tedious lengthiness in speech
- wordinessExcessive use of language
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- longwindednessExcessive use of words
garrulity · rambling · logorrhea · turgidity · diffuseness · redundancy · loquacity · expatiation · droning · meandering
hot air
Meaningless boastful talk
- vacuousnessAbsence of thought or meaning
- hollownessState of being empty inside
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
balderdash · drivel · twaddle · claptrap · hogwash · poppycock · guff · waffle · fluff · nonsense
bloviationbrevity
Shortness of expression
conciseness · terseness · succinctness · pithiness · laconicism
bloviationsubstance
Physical material with mass
incisiveness · cogency · profundity · meaningfulness · depth
bloviationunderstatement
Intentional diminishment for effect
modesty · humility · self-effacement · reticence · plainspokenness