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hot air
noun
Synonyms and Antonyms of HOT AIR
1
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 bluster, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)
2
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>
Related Words claptrap, drivel, gibberish, hogwash, humbug, jabberwocky, jazz, moonshine, nonsense; affectedness, floweriness, grandiosity, loftiness, pomposity, pretension, pretentiousness; garrulity, garrulousness, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordiness
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