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单词 hot air
释义

hot air

noun

: empty talk

Synonyms

  • bluster
  • bombast
  • brag
  • braggadocio
  • bull [slang]
  • cockalorum
  • fanfaronade
  • gas
  • gasconade
  • grandiloquence
  • magniloquence
  • rant
  • rodomontade
  • rhodomontade
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Example Sentences

She's full of hot air. his taking credit for the rescue was mostly hot air, since the boat was actually saved by the Coast Guard
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Word History

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

hot air

noun

1
as in fanfaronade
boastful speech or writing his taking credit for the rescue was mostly hot air, since the boat was actually saved by the Coast Guard

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • fanfaronade
  • gasconade
  • rhetoric
  • brag
  • rhodomontade
  • cockalorum
  • chatter
  • gas
  • magniloquence
  • rant
  • bull
  • grandiloquence
  • bombast
  • rodomontade
  • braggadocio
  • bluster
  • jawing
  • rhapsody
  • wind
  • oratory
  • prattle
  • babble
  • turgidity
  • jabber
  • pomposity
  • windiness
  • verbosity
  • gabble
  • blab
  • prating
  • gibberish
  • gibber
  • swagger
  • vaunt
  • drivel
  • patter
  • yammering
  • bloviation
  • egotism
  • self-conceit
  • self-importance
2
as in rhetoric
language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere her campaign promise to "fight for the people" showed a taste for stale hot air

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • rhetoric
  • wind
  • jazz
  • gas
  • fustian
  • nonsense
  • oratory
  • grandiloquence
  • bombast
  • verbiage
  • claptrap
  • hogwash
  • jabberwocky
  • gibberish
  • grandiosity
  • loftiness
  • drivel
  • pomposity
  • humbug
  • moonshine
  • floweriness
  • pretension
  • garrulousness
  • verbosity
  • garrulity
  • affectedness
  • wordiness
  • windiness
  • verboseness
  • pretentiousness
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