blusterer

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Johnson, a serial blusterer who relishes the role of entertaining after-dinner speaker, won the heart of his party and the country with such lines.

From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2022

He is "stupid" or a "blusterer," rather than dangerous.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2021

Laurel was born in Ulverston - then in Lancashire, now in Cumbria - before emigrating to the US and finding fame in Hollywood as foil to Hardy's pompous blusterer.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2016

Ryan: Another loud-mouthed blusterer who thought it was all about HIM--and who repeatedly failed to deliver...

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2014

But it was enough that they realized that the demagogue had come crashing down––enough that, watching his furtive disappearance that night, they learned how pitiful a coward a blusterer really can be.

From Once to Every Man by Fischer, Anton Otto