Flatulent
Flatulent adjective - Marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases.
Usage example: on election night TV's self-important pundits let loose a fusillade of flatulent pontifications
Rhetorical and flatulent are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rhetorical" instead an adjective "Flatulent".
Nearby Words: flatulence, flatulency
Rhetorical
Rhetorical adjective - Marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases.
Usage example: you can skip over the rhetorical passages and still get the gist of the essay
Flatulent and rhetorical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flatulent" instead an adjective "Rhetorical".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sonorous and flatulent
- sonorous and rhetorical
- flowery and flatulent
- flowery and rhetorical
- pretentious and flatulent
- pretentious and rhetorical
- bombastic and flatulent
- bombastic and rhetorical
- grandiose and flatulent
- grandiose and rhetorical
- oratorical and flatulent
- oratorical and rhetorical
- inflated and flatulent
- inflated and rhetorical
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