gasbag
4
7.9
- noun
- /ˈɡæsˌbæɡ/
- Offensive
:
bocazas (informal, ofensivo)
- During the meeting, she was just a gasbag, filling the air with trivial chatter.
- an old gasbag
Examples
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I couldn't take the bloviating gasbags for another second.
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Yes, and what are you going to do about it, you big gasbag?
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Can you imagine having to listen to this insufferable gasbag for the last?
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It's Eleanor, you heartless gasbag.
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Ernie Fu Pyle is a gasbag of a most familiar kind.
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Still, Gore is a corrupt, ignorant gasbag.
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It's sadder that anyone still listens to the junkie gasbag.
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He's a gasbag.
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He is just a gasbag looking for a camera to belch out his foul-smelling garbage du jour.
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You don't need to listen to that gasbag; he always talks nonsense.
Synonyms
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2.1
A person who speaks a lot, often in public
32
4.2
A person who talks too much about dull topics and makes others feel tired or not interested
21
6.7
A person who talks too much, often loudly, and reveals private things
13
6.8
A person who talks a lot about unimportant things and bores other people
10
7.5
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
9
4.2
A person who talks a lot and often does not stop
6
9.8
A person who talks for a long time about unimportant things in a boring way
3
8.4
A person who talks quickly and too much, annoying others
2
5.7
A person who talks too much or cannot keep secrets
2
8.9
A person who talks too much in a silly or annoying way
1
7.9
A person who talks a lot in a loud, annoying way
1
9.9
A person, often a woman, who talks a lot and cannot pay attention
1
8.2
A person who talks a lot about unimportant things
1
9.9
A person who talks a lot about small, unimportant things
1
5.5
A person who talks a lot and often annoys others
1
8.2
A person who talks too much in an annoying way
A person who talks too much about small things and bores others
A person who talks quickly about unimportant things
A person who talks nonsense and babbles
A person who talks a lot and says silly or meaningless things
A person who talks nonsense instead of saying useful things
A person who talks a lot in a silly, not important way
A person who talks a lot, often in a funny way
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
A person who speaks too much and stops other people from speaking
Antonyms
How Talkative
- Offensive
10
7.5
- Informal
9
4.2
- Offensive
4
7.9
- Informal
36
3.3
33
2.5
4
5.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Gasbag is used informally for someone who talks a lot and says little of value. It uses the image of a bag full of gas or 'hot air' that keeps coming out, so a gasbag is a person who fills the air with talk or nonsense.