adjective
- suffering from or marked by gas in the intestinal tract
- 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.