| 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 |
| Main Entry: | generalize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a sweeping assumption, statement |
| Synonyms: | be metaphysical, conclude, derive, discern, discover, establish, hypothesize, induce, observe, philosophize, postulate, speculate, stay in the clouds, theorize, vapor |
| Antonyms: | except, specifize |
| Main Entry: | spout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk forcefully |
| Synonyms: | boast, brag, chatter, declaim, expatiate, go on, gush, harangue, hold forth, orate, pontificate, ramble, rant, sermonize, shoot off one's mouth, speechify, spellbind, spiel, vapor, yell |
| Antonyms: | be quiet |
| Main Entry: | delusions of grandeur |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | overestimation of one's own importance |
| Synonyms: | airs, pretensions, swank, vain pretensions, vaporing |