Vocabulary

blowhard

ほら吹(ふ)き、大言壮語(たいげんそうご)する人(ひと)

B2 · Upper-intermediate Rare

Samraworld Dictionary

(1) Noun

A person who speaks in a boastful, arrogant, or overconfident way.

自慢(じまん)話(ばなし)をしたり、尊大(そんだい)で大(おお)げさなことを言(い)ったりする人(ひと)。

Examples

  1. Everyone ignored the blowhard at the party.
  2. He sounds like a blowhard, but he actually knows what he is talking about.

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