Thesaurus: flatulent

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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.
5. adj. generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal
6. adj. suffering from excessive gas in the alimentary canal
7. 1. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. 2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. Vegetables abound more with aërial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. Arbuthnot. 3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. Quincy. 4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. Dryden.
8. j:100 s. generating excessive gas in the alimentary canal