bloviators
Empty verbose speakers
Bloviators are people who talk at length in a pompous, self-important way.
The word implies windbaggery—someone who speaks with more confidence than substance: The cable news bloviators weighed in on the scandal.
Politicians and pundits are frequent targets of the label.
One who prattles endlessly
- gasbagTedious endless talker
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- prolixExcessively wordy in speech
- garrulousTediously long-winded
loquacious · wordy · verbose · circumlocutory · periphrastic · diffuse · droning · meandering
Obsessed with one's image
- self-centeredPreoccupied with oneself
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- vainExcessively proud or futile
- boastfulGiven to self-praise
smug · self-satisfied · arrogant · haughty · braggart · braggadocious · immodest · hubristic
Impossible to put up with
- obnoxiousExtremely disagreeable in manner
- irritatingCausing mild frustration
- gratingCrossed bars or harsh
- exasperatingIntensely irritating
infuriating · irksome · aggravating · maddening · vexing · intolerable · unbearable · tiresome
Boring through length
- dullLacking edge or interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- drearyDull and depressing
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
wearisome · soporific · sleep-inducing · droning · uninteresting · stale · vapid · insipid
Excessively inflated language
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
- highfalutinAffectedly superior or fancy
vainglorious · pontificating · orotund · magniloquent · overblown · inflated · turgid · grandiloquent
windbag
One who prattles endlessly
garrulous · loquacious · wordy · verbose · circumlocutory · periphrastic · diffuse · droning · meandering · digressive
narcissistic
Obsessed with one's image
- self-centeredPreoccupied with oneself
- conceitedExcessively proud of oneself
- vainExcessively proud or futile
boastful · smug · self-satisfied · arrogant · haughty · braggart · braggadocious · immodest · hubristic · show-off
insufferable
Impossible to put up with
- obnoxiousExtremely disagreeable in manner
- irritatingCausing mild frustration
- gratingCrossed bars or harsh
exasperating · infuriating · irksome · aggravating · maddening · vexing · intolerable · unbearable · tiresome · pestilent
tedious
Boring through length
- dullLacking edge or interest
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- drearyDull and depressing
tiresome · wearisome · soporific · sleep-inducing · droning · uninteresting · stale · vapid · insipid · flat
bombastic
Excessively inflated language
- grandiosePretentiously impressive in scale
- self-importantExaggerating one's own significance
- pretentiousFalsely grand or important
highfalutin · vainglorious · pontificating · orotund · magniloquent · overblown · inflated · turgid · grandiloquent · ostentatious