Meaning & use
flatulent
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Affected by or tending to produce excessive gas in the digestive tract.
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Beans are notorious for making people flatulent.
The doctor recommended a diet change to reduce his flatulent episodes.
A note on using this word
Figuratively, "flatulent" can also describe speech or writing that is pompous and full of empty words.
Words with a similar meaning
gassywindy
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Another way to use it
2. adjective
Pompous, inflated, or empty, especially of speech or writing.
The critic dismissed the politician's speech as flatulent rhetoric.
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