What is another word for vaporings?

Pronunciation: [vˈe͡ɪpəɹɪŋz] (IPA)

Vaporings refer to pompous and exaggerated speeches or writings that are empty and showy. Synonyms for vaporings include grandiloquence, bombast, rhetoric, oratory, verbosity, and flamboyance. Grandiloquence refers to a lofty style of speaking or writing that is meant to sound impressive or important. Bombast refers to the use of language that is inflated or overblown to appear impressive or powerful. Rhetoric, on the other hand, pertains to the art of persuasive speaking or writing. Oratory refers to formal public speaking. Verbosity relates to the excessive use of words. Lastly, flamboyance pertains to the use of showy or flashy elements in language to impress or entertain.

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What are the hypernyms for Vaporings?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Vaporings

It has been claimed that insanity will account for it, and indeed Hamlet's treatment of Ophelia has been the chief argument advanced in proof of his insanity; but it is incredible that Shakespeare should have devoted the only two interviews which he had with her, and which had so important an influence upon her life, to the mere vaporings of a madman.
"The Three Heron's Feathers"
Hermann Sudermann
Many were the words of force and wisdom that Miss Martell had read and heard, but never had any made so profound an impression upon her as the vain vaporings of De Forrest, as he insisted on claiming all the credit he could for his action the evening before.
"From Jest to Earnest"
E. P. Roe
Naturally he regarded Beverley's words as the merest vaporings of a helpless and exasperated young man.
"Alice of Old Vincennes"
Maurice Thompson

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