1. suffering from or marked by gas in the intestinal tract
2. pompously or pretentiously inflated in style or manner
Usage: formal

Examples

• The beans made him feel flatulent and uncomfortable.
• Certain foods can cause flatulent symptoms in sensitive people.
• The politician’s flatulent speech was full of empty promises.
• His flatulent writing style obscured rather than clarified his ideas.
• The critic dismissed the novel as flatulent and self-important.
• She avoided eating dairy products because they made her flatulent.