| Flatulent 1. (a.) Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. 2. (a.) Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. 3. (a.) Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. 4. (a.) Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. Thesaurus Entries 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 |