flatulent

/'flætjulənt/

Thân thiện

A man feels flatulent after eating a large meal.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal: Describes a physical state of discomfort or bloating caused by an accumulation of gas in the stomach or intestines.
   • Generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal: Describes foods, conditions, or processes that cause the production of such gas.
   • Pompous or inflated in style; pretentious but empty: Describes language, writing, or speech that is overly elaborate, self-important, and lacking in substance.

Usage Examples

• Adjective (Physical State):
  • After eating beans, he felt uncomfortably flatulent.
  • Certain vegetables are known to make people feel flatulent.
• Adjective (Causing Gas):
  • Beans and cabbage are considered flatulent foods.
• Adjective (Style of Language):
  • The politician's speech was dismissed as flatulent rhetoric.
  • He writes in a flatulent style that obscures his simple message.

Advanced Usage

• Medical/Physiological Context: Often used in medical or dietary discussions to describe symptoms or food properties.
  • The doctor explained that a flatulent feeling can be a symptom of irritable bowel syndrome.
• Literary/Critical Context: Used as a critique in literary analysis or political commentary to describe bombastic language.
  • The critic panned the novel for its flatulent prose.

Variants and Related Words

• Flatulence (n): The condition of having gas in the digestive tract; also, pomposity in speech or writing.
  • He complained of abdominal pain and flatulence.
  • The flatulence of his argument was evident to all.
• Flatulently (adv): In a flatulent manner.
  • The manifesto was flatulently written.

Synonyms

• For physical meaning: Gassy, bloated, windy (informal).
• For stylistic meaning: Bombastic, turgid, pompous, inflated, grandiloquent.

Antonyms

• For physical meaning: Comfortable, settled.
• For stylistic meaning: Concise, plain, straightforward, unpretentious.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• Flatulent discourse: A formal phrase describing speech or writing that is pretentiously wordy.
  • The debate degenerated into flatulent discourse, offering no real solutions.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
2. generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal

Từ đồng nghĩa

• colicky
• gassy