bluster
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(verb) blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "blustering gales"; "the flames blustered" |
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Related Words: blow |
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(noun) a violent gusty wind |
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Related Words: blast, blow, gust |
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(noun) noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations" |
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Related Words: confusion |
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(verb) act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner |
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Synonyms: swagger, swash |
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Related Words: act, behave, do |
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(noun) a swaggering show of courage |
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Synonyms: bravado |
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Related Words: fanfare, ostentation |
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(noun) vain and empty boasting |
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Synonyms: braggadocio, rodomontade |
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Related Words: boast, boasting, jactitation, self-praise |
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(verb) show off |
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Synonyms: blow, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
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Related Words: amplify, crow, exaggerate, gloat, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate, puff, triumph |
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