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In some senses, windbag is marked as archaic, derogatory. Watch for register when choosing this word.
windbag
/ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/
noun 2verb 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
dreadful, old, talkative
VERB + WINDBAG
pontificating
ADV.
rather
Definitions
noun
1
Bellows for an organ.
2
Someone who talks excessively.
Some windbag. Hell, ain't I seen your kind before? ... Some bag of wind. You're just hot air, that's all.
"Do you hear that, Ryan? Your mommy is being a pontificating windbag."
verb
1
To talk pompously or excessively.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a boring person who talks a great deal about uninteresting t
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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Some windbag. Hell, ain't I seen your kind before? ... Some bag of wind. You're just hot air, that's all.
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"Do you hear that, Ryan? Your mommy is being a pontificating windbag."
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He's an old windbag, you can't believe a word he says.
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The community pastor wasn't a fiery preacher, but rather a talkative windbag and bore.
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Tom is a windbag.
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He found the speeches tedious enough, and thought Sir John a dreadful windbag.
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