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• bluster — Synonyms and related words: agitation, bawl, be livid, be pissed, bellow, blast, blow, blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow over, blow up, bludgeon, bluff, bluster and bluff, bluster out of, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bobbery, boil,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• fluster — Synonyms and related words: addle, addle the wits, ado, agitate, agitation, baffle, bafflement, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, befuddlement, bewilder, bewilderment, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boastfulness, bobbery, boil …   Moby Thesaurus

• fluster — /flus teuhr/, v.t. 1. to put into a state of agitated confusion: His constant criticism flustered me. 2. to excite and confuse with drink. v.i. 3. to become agitatedly confused. n. 4. nervous excitement or confusion. [1375 1425; late ME flostren; …   Universalium

• fluster — flus•ter [[t]ˈflʌs tər[/t]] v. t. 1) to put into a state of nervous or agitated confusion 2) to become nervously or agitatedly confused 3) nervous excitement or confusion • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME flostren; cf. bluster, ON flaustra to hurry …   From formal English to slang

• fluster — /ˈflʌstə / (say flustuh) verb (t) 1. to confuse; make nervous. 2. to excite and confuse with drink. –verb (i) 3. to become confused; become agitated or flurried. –noun 4. confusion; flurry; nervous excitement. {compare Icelandic flaustr hurry,… …  

• David Holsinger — David R. Holsinger (born December 26, 1945 in Hardin, Missouri) is an American composer and conductor writing primarily for concert band. Holsinger is a graduate of Hardin Central High School in Hardin, Missouri, Central Methodist University, the …   Wikipedia

• bluff — Synonyms and related words: Herod, abrupt, act, act a part, acting, affable, affect, affectation, aggressive, appearance, approachable, artful dodge, artifice, artless, assume, attitudinizing, bag of tricks, bamboozle, barefaced, bearish, beastly …   Moby Thesaurus

• bravado — Synonyms and related words: adventuresomeness, adventurousness, arrogance, audaciousness, audacity, balls, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boast, boastfulness, boasting, bold front, boldness, bombast, brag, braggadocio, braggartism …   Moby Thesaurus

• bustle — Synonyms and related words: accelerate, ado, agitation, bake, beat, bilk, bite, bluff, bluster, bluster and bluff, blustering, boastfulness, bobbery, boil, boiling, bother, botheration, bravado, brouhaha, bullying, bundle, burst, buzz about,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• demoralize — Synonyms and related words: agitate, bastardize, bewilder, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, browbeat, brutalize, bulldoze, bully, chill, confuse, corrupt, cow, cripple, crush, damp, dampen, dash, daunt, debase, debauch, debilitate, defeat,… …   Moby Thesaurus