Phrase-mongered

Translation of "phrase-mongered" into Russian

Verb

phrase-mongered Past Simple

phrase-monger

phrase-mongers

phrase-mongered Past Simple / Past Participle

phrase-mongering Gerund

rare, intransitive

пустословить

The candidate phrase-mongered for an hour without answering the question.

Кандидат пустословил целый час, так и не ответив на вопрос.

Additional translations

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Noun

A person who habitually uses grandiose, bombastic, or empty phrases in speech or writing.

The speech was crafted by a phrase-monger more concerned with flourish than facts.

Verb

To indulge in the use of grandiose, bombastic, or empty phrases.

During the debate he merely phrase-mongered about liberty without proposing real solutions.