| 单词 | bloviate |
| 释义 | bloviate (once / 562825 pages) v To bloviate is to talk, but not just to chat. To bloviate means to go on and on and on and on, usually in a pompous way. Can you hear the blow in the word bloviate? That's a clue that someone bloviating is blowing some serious hot air. When someone bloviates, he is speaking in an empty, pretentious, full-of-himself manner. This word is often associated with politicians, who probably invented bloviating. When someone is talking a lot and saying a little, they're bloviating. WORD FAMILYbloviate: bloviated, bloviates, bloviating USAGE EXAMPLESWhat, besides the bloviated tweets that will accompany even the most modest ratings victory? Salon(Jan 01, 2017) It's unfortunate that Rima Rigas gets first dibs on this blog bloviating on the left a barrel of assessments unsupported by reality. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) If he’s left to bloviate while others are left to run the country and push through infrastructure plans, maybe things won’t be disastrous. Seattle Times(Nov 12, 2016) v orate verbosely and windily Hyper orate talk pompously |
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