'Flatulent' definitions:
Definition of 'flatulent'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Flatulent'
From: GCIDE
- Flatulent \Flat"u*lent\, a. [L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See Blow.]
- 1. Affected with flatus[2] or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. [1913 Webster]
- Vegetables abound more with a["e]rial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. --Quincy. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. [1913 Webster]
- He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'flatulent'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bloated,
- blown up,
- bombastic,
- dilated,
- distended,
- dropsical,
- edematous,
- ejaculative,
- ejective,
- empty,
- enchymatous,
- eructative,
- expulsive,
- extrusive,
- fat,
- formal,
- fustian,
- gassy,
- grandiloquent,
- hollow,
- incrassate,
- inflated,
- mouthy,
- overblown,
- plethoric,
- pompous,
- pontifical,
- puffed up,
- puffy,
- pursy,
- self-important,
- shallow,
- solemn,
- stilted,
- stuffy,
- superficial,
- swelled,
- swollen,
- tumescent,
- tumid,
- turgescent,
- turgid,
- vain,
- ventose,
- vomitive,
- vomitory,
- windy