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blustered

VERB

bully, intimidate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bulldoze gloat hector swagger yap

STRONG

badger boast brag brazen browbeat cow crow domineer rant rave roar roister storm strut swell vapor vaunt

WEAK

ride the high horse shoot off one's mouth show off talk big

Antonyms

STRONG

be modest be quiet deprecate

Example Sentences

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Blustered he: "Now the politician will have to think up a new idea before he can get his hands on this money."

From Time Magazine Archive

Blustered Bonfils: "A dogfight in Champa Street is better than a war abroad."

From Time Magazine Archive

Blustered Bevin: "His Majesty's Government will not take that."

From Time Magazine Archive

Blustered Thomas: "If they think they are going to get away with it, they are mistaken."

From Time Magazine Archive

Tryntje grew fickle or cold or coy; Rambout, possessed of a jealous sprite, Scowled like the sky on a stormy night, Snarled a good-bye from his sullen throat, Blustered away to his tugging boat.

From The Haunted Hour An Anthology by Widdemer, Margaret