1. speaking or writing in a pompous, long-winded manner
Usage: informal; often derogatory

Examples

• The politician kept bloviating about his accomplishments instead of answering the question.
• Stop bloviating and get to the point.
• He was bloviating for twenty minutes without saying anything meaningful.
• The professor’s bloviating made the simple concept unnecessarily confusing.
• She accused him of bloviating rather than offering real solutions.
• The CEO’s bloviating at the meeting frustrated the employees.