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Another word for claptrap

Noun

  1. Pretentious, pompous speech or writing

    2. See also:

    words

    style

    plain

  2. Something that does not have or make sense

    3. See also:

    knowledge

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Another word for claptrap

Noun
    2. See also:

    nonsense

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • And I agree with you that we can spot the claptrap.

  • Said it wasn't ' country ' enough or some such claptrap.

  • The future of the NHS deserves debate, but based on facts, not sentimental claptrap such as is presented by Ms Beckett.

  • If only I could do this at the appointed time and place without the interference of religious claptrap.

  • And since nobody expects men to shave their heads when they join the Viagra Nation, we can dismiss this as sexist claptrap.

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