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blowhard

Syllables: blow·hardUK/ˈbləʊhɑːd/US/ˈbloʊhɑɹd/

blowhard noun: a person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.

Noun

blowhard (plural blowhards)

  1. (Canada, US, derogatory) A person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
    • The merchants are the most ultra Secessionists, one of the secret springs of action among this class being the heavy indebtedness owing to Eastern creditors. Some men of Northern origin were the most rabid. A "blow-hard," named JAMES PATTERSON, of Augusta, Jackson County, was originally from...1861 October 20, “Interesting from Arkansas. Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat.”, in The New York Times, page 2
    • [T]he loud-mouthed blowhard seemed just the man to flinch when real danger confronted him; […]1896, Robert Barr, “The Shadow of the Greenback”, in Revenge!, New York, N.Y.; London: Frederick A. Stokes Company, →OCLC, page 182

Proper noun capitalized: Blowhard

Blowhard

  1. A locality in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.

blowhard meaning in Tamil and Urdu

blowhard in Tamil

ஊக்கவுரைஞர்

blowhard in Urdu

اکڑفوں, شیخی خور

Examples of blowhard in a sentence

  • Oh, this bellowing, blatant, bellicose, belligerent, bombastic blowhard […]1941 November 17, “Political Notes: Republican Rift?”, in Time, archived from the original on 16 Apr 2016:
  • David Davis, Liam Fox, Boris Johnson and the other Brexit blowhards know they have no chance of achieving their stated aims, such as a £350m weekly NHS payback.2017 March 27, “The Observer view on triggering article 50: As Britain hurtles towards the precipice, truth and democracy are in short...

Synonyms of blowhard

All synonyms of blowhard

Forms of blowhard

pluralblowhards
alternative formblow-hard

Origin of blowhard

Essentially deverbal in nature, albeit not from a unitary phrasal verb; from blow hard.

Questions about blowhard

What does blowhard mean?
Blowhard means a person who talks too much or too loudly, especially in a boastful or self-important manner.
What is blowhard in Tamil?
Blowhard in Tamil is ஊக்கவுரைஞர். See Blowhard meaning in Tamil.
How do you use blowhard in a sentence?
Oh, this bellowing, blatant, bellicose, belligerent, bombastic blowhard […]
What part of speech is blowhard?
Blowhard can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce blowhard?
Blowhard is pronounced /ˈbləʊhɑːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of blowhard?
The plural of blowhard is blowhards.

Words near blowhard in the dictionary

  1. blowfishes
  2. blowflies
  3. blowfly
  4. blowgun
  5. blowguns
  6. blowhard
  7. blowhards
  8. blowhole
  9. blowholed
  10. blowholes
  11. blowholing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blowhard (page history and authors); Blowhard (page history and authors); blowhard (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blowhard (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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