blusterer

Roget category 887

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.2. Personal affections
›› 6.2.5. Extrinsic affections

#887. Blusterer

noun

blusterer, swaggerer, vaporer, roisterer^†, brawler — fanfaron^† — braggart etc. (boaster) 884 — bully, terrorist, rough — bulldozer [U.S.], hoodlum, hooligan [Slang], larrikin^†, roarer [Slang] — Mohock, Mohawk — drawcansir^†, swashbuckler, Captain Bobadil, Sir Lucius O'Trigger, Thraso, Pistol, Parolles, Bombastes Furioso^†, Hector, Chrononhotonthologos^† — jingo — desperado, dare-devil, fire eater — fury, etc. (violent person) 173 — rowdy — slang-whanger [Slang], tough [U.S.].
puppy etc. (fop) 854 — prig — Sir Oracle, dogmatist, doctrinaire, jack-in-office — saucebox^†, malapert, jackanapes, minx — bantam-cock.

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