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bluffer

/bluhf/US // blʌf //UK // (blʌf) //

诈骗犯,诈骗,诈骗者,诈骗罪

Related Words

sham虚伪,骗局,骗人的,虚假的subterfuge潜规则,隐蔽性,伪装,掩饰ruse诡计,伎俩,诡计多端,骗局cliff悬崖,峭壁,悬崖峭壁,崖壁ridge山脊,山脉,脊柱,脊梁hill山丘,小山,山头,丘陵promontory岬角,海角,海角区,海角地带crag峭壁,断崖,峭度,悬崖峭壁pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设delude悖谬,妄想,悖逆,悖论short短期,短期的,短暂的,短暂blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率brief简介,简要,简短的,简短direct直接,直接的,直达,直接的说frank坦率,坦诚,弗兰克,坦率地说rough粗略,粗略的,粗略的说,粗暴tart馅饼,果馅饼,蛋挞,挞伐open开放,开放的,开放式,开放式的blustering虚张声势,虚张声势的,虚张声势的人,虚伪的lie谎言,撒谎,骗人,谎话

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    bluff·er, bluff·est.

    • : good-naturedly direct, blunt, or frank; heartily outspoken: a big, bluff, generous man.
    • : presenting a bold and nearly perpendicular front, as a coastline: a bluff, precipitous headland.
    • : Nautical. having a full, blunt form.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a cliff, headland, or hill with a broad, steep face.
    • : North Dakota, Wisconsin, and the Canadian Prairie Provinces. a clump or grove of trees on a prairie or other generally treeless area.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.abrupt
Synonyms
blunt直言不讳,直率的,钝的,直率blustering虚张声势,虚张声势的,虚张声势的人,虚伪的brief简介,简要,简短的,简短direct直接,直接的,直达,直接的说frank坦率,坦诚,弗兰克,坦率地说open开放,开放的,开放式,开放式的rough粗略,粗略的,粗略的说,粗暴short短期,短期的,短暂的,短暂tart馅饼,果馅饼,蛋挞,挞伐barefaced赤膊上阵,赤裸裸的,赤裸裸地,赤面bearish看跌,看跌的,看跌期权,看衰breviloquent冗长的话语,冗长的语言,漫无边际,长篇大论brusque粗鲁的,粗鲁,蛮横的,粗糙的candid坦率,坦诚,坦率的,直率crusty硬壳,硬壳的,硬皮,结壳的curt咖特,遏制,遏止,凝视downright明显的,彻底的,确切地说forthright坦率的,率直的,坦率,明朗的gruff粗糙的,粗鲁的,粗暴的,粗糙的声音hearty丰盛的,健壮的,酣畅淋漓,丰盛honest诚信,诚实,诚实的,廉洁laconic沉默寡言,口齿不清,沉默寡言的,口齿不清的no-nonsense毋庸置疑,毋庸置疑的,毫不含糊,毋庸置疑的是outspoken直言不讳,直言不讳的,直率的,直言不讳的人plain-spoken简明扼要,简明扼要的,平易近人,朴实无华rude无礼,无礼的,不客气,不客气的short-spoken简言之,简短语气,短语,简言之就是sincere真心实意,真心实意的,真心诚意,真诚的snippety嗅觉,嗅探,嗅嗅,嗅觉敏感snippy嗅觉灵敏,嗅觉,嗅觉敏锐,嗅觉灵敏的straightforward直截了当,直截了当的,直截了当地,坦率地说tactless不善言辞,不善言辞的人,没心没肺,没心机terse简练,简练的,简洁的,精练unceremonious毫不客气地,毫不客气的说,毫不客气的,毫不客气地说

Examples

  • The bluff has happened so many times and it still hasn’t been banned that I now don’t think it’s going to happen.

  • The house is balanced on a granite bluff, looking out to sea.

  • Blakeslee was inspired by publications of an archaeologist who excavated at the same bluff site more than 60 years ago and suspected it had been a central part of Etzanoa.

  • Hike the two-mile Headland Trail to the top of a bluff overlooking the Zuni Mountains and the volcanic craters of El Malpais National Monument.

  • In a recent test of bluffing in poker, computer face recognition failed miserably.

  • Ten days later, when the dust had settled, MSF President Joanne Liu called their bluff.

  • It is not easy work, but it calls the bluff of those who would say “we have to take scripture seriously.”

  • We end the tour on a bluff overlooking a mine in the distance.

  • He was bluff, inspirational to the men, a brilliant tactician.

  • On a bluff overlooking the sea, he pitched a tent and lived there for the next year in near total seclusion.

  • “Mr. Pickwick, I thank you most heartily for all your kindness to my son,” said old Mr. Winkle, in a bluff straightforward way.

  • At the offer of a smaller sum the Count would possibly bluff.

  • There is also a conspicuous high bluff on the principal island, which appears to have been seen by the French.

  • By and by, a straggling birch bluff rose blackly across their way, but nobody swung wide.

  • It is situated in a wonderfully picturesque position, on a rocky bluff overlooking the River Wye.

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