bluffer

noun

Definition of bluffernext
1
as in dissembler

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2
as in speculator

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  1. speculator
  2. pretender
  3. sharper
  4. hypocrite
  5. charlatan
Noun
  • Count the times speculators lived to regret shorting what’s still the center of the financial universe in the last 30 years.
    — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • Deserts support abundant, diverse plant and animal life that can’t be found anywhere else, provide speculator views, and offer a vast landscape free of other people.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of speculator
Noun
  • The speed with which this group develops chemistry and finds that star could determine where the Crimson Tide fall on the spectrum between contender and pretender.
    — CJ Moore, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Carter noted that City Hall office workers will return to their cubicles three days per week as of April 1. Related Articles Contenders or pretenders?
    — Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 26 Mar. 2025
Definition of pretender
Noun
  • Yet as Russian war atrocities have become more evident, and Ukraine’s need for heavy armor has increased, the lines have grown blurrier and the rhetoric sharper.
    — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Both offer blistering acceleration and sharper handling than the standard model.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 19 Feb. 2021
Definition of sharper
Noun
  • Vandalizing the State Republican Party's property with disgusting Nazi symbols while screaming about 'fascism' reveals these individuals are hypocrites, idiots, or both.
    — Ewan Palmer, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Republican Assembly members, led by caucus leader James Gallagher, afterwards called Newsom a hypocrite for siding with them but then failing to make their legislation a priority.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Definition of hypocrite
Noun
  • Death at the hands of charlatans is not an inspiring storyline, which means publishers and film studios studiously avoid it.
    — Alan Levinovitz, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The danger isn’t liars and charlatans.
    — Alan Levinovitz, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of charlatan
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