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11bullying — I. a. Blustering, swaggering, vaporing, vaunting, hectoring, bluff, gruff, bearish. II. n. Bluster, swagger, fanfaronade, gasconade, vaporing, hectoring, fire eating, mock heroics, browbeating, domineering …
12va´por|ing|ly — va|por|ing «VAY puhr ihng», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. talking pretentiously or boastfully; bragging: »a vaporing little man. 2. pretentious and foolishly boastful: »vaporing talk. 3. = vaporous. (Cf. ↑vaporous) –n. boastful talk; pretentious or… …
13va|por|ing — «VAY puhr ihng», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. talking pretentiously or boastfully; bragging: »a vaporing little man. 2. pretentious and foolishly boastful: »vaporing talk. 3. = vaporous. (Cf. ↑vaporous) –n. boastful talk; pretentious or ostentatious …
14Vapor — Va por, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vapored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaporing}.] [From {Vapor}, n.: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written also {vapour}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to steam;… …
15Vapored — Vapor Va por, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vapored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaporing}.] [From {Vapor}, n.: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written also {vapour}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to… …
16vapour — Vapor Va por, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Vapored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Vaporing}.] [From {Vapor}, n.: cf. L. vaporare.] [Written also {vapour}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To pass off in fumes, or as a moist, floating substance, whether visible or invisible, to… …
17vapor — I. noun Etymology: Middle English vapour, from Anglo French vapor, from Latin, steam, vapor Date: 14th century 1. diffused matter (as smoke or fog) suspended floating in the air and impairing its transparency 2. a. a substance in the gaseous… …
18vaporingly — See vaporing. * * * …
19inflated — I (bombastic) adjective altiloquent, altisonant, artificial, declamatory, flatulent, fustian, grandiloquent, high flown, high sounding, inflatus, magniloquent, mouthy, oratorical, ostentatious, overblown, pedantic, pompous, pretentious,… …
20rodomontade — I noun bluster, boastfulness, boasting, brag, braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bunkum, embroidery, empty talk, exaggeration, extravagance, fanfaronade, gasconade, hyperbole, inflation, jactitation, ostentation, pretense, pretension,… …
