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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bully, intimidate |
| Synonyms: | badger, boast, brag, brazen, browbeat, bulldoze, cow*, crow*, domineer, gloat, hector, rant, rave, ride the high horse, roar, roister, shoot off one's mouth, show off, storm, strut, swagger, swell, talk big, vapor, vaunt, yap |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bellow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | holler |
| Synonyms: | bark, bawl, bay, beller, blare, bluster, bray, call, clamor, cry, howl, low, roar, rout, scream, shout, shriek, wail, whoop, yawp, yell, yelp |
| Main Entry: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag |
| Synonyms: | advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand, hug oneself, jive, lay on thick, prate, preen, psych, puff, shoot*, shovel, show off, showboat, shuck, sling, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, triumph, vapor |
| Antonyms: | be modest, deprecate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | brag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk boastingly |
| Synonyms: | blow one's own horn, bluster*, boast, crow*, exult, gasconade, gloat, grandstand, hotdog, jive, mouth*, pat oneself on the back, prate, puff, rodomontade, showboat, shuck, swagger, vaunt |
| Antonyms: | be modest, be quiet, deprecate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | browbeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | castigate, nag |
| Synonyms: | badger, bludgeon, bluster, bulldoze, bully, coerce, cow, despotize, domineer, dragoon, frighten, harass, hector, intimidate, lean on, lord it over, oppress, overawe, overbear, put heat on, put the chill on, put through the wringer, threaten, tyrannize |
| Antonyms: | boost, coax, compliment, praise |
| Main Entry: | bulldoze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bully, intimidate |
| Synonyms: | bludgeon, bluster, browbeat, coerce, cow, dragoon, harass, hector |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | bully |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | intimidate, push around |
| Synonyms: | bludgeon, bluster, browbeat, buffalo, bulldoze, coerce, cow, despotize, domineer, dragoon, enforce, harass, hector, lean on, menace, oppress, overbear, persecute, ride roughshod, showboat, swagger, terrorize, threaten, torment, torture, turn on the heat, tyrannize, walk heavy |
| Antonyms: | allow, leave alone |
| Main Entry: | clamor |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cry out, make commotion |
| Synonyms: | agitate, bark, bawl, bellow, bluster, claim, debate, demand, dispute, holler, put up a howl, raise Cain, raise the roof, roar, rout, shout |
| Antonyms: | be quiet, be silent |
| Main Entry: | clatter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crash; make racket |
| Synonyms: | bang, bluster, bump, clang, clank, clash, hurtle, noise, rattle, roar, shatter, smash |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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