Antonyms for bluff

Grammar : Adj, noun, verb

Spell : bluhf

Phonetic Transcription : blʌf

Definition of bluff

Origin : 1839, American English, poker term, perhaps from Dutch bluffen "to brag, boast," or verbluffen "to baffle, mislead." An identical word meant "blindfold, hoodwink" in 1670s, but the sense evolution and connection are unclear; OED calls it "one of the numerous cant terms ... which arose between the Restoration and the reign of Queen Anne." Extended or figurative sense by 1854. Related: Bluffed; bluffing.

adj abrupt
noun boast; deceit
noun precipice
verb deceive

Example sentences :

In short, though you can intimidate him, you cannot bluff him.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

They ran the herds into a piskunebelow a bluff, over which they rushed and were killed.
Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin

I saw it all from the bluff, and I know the horse turned over upon you.
Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower

At the door she met a bluff, big man, gross from head to foot.
Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter

"The place ought to be worth thirty thousand," he said, for a bluff.
Extract from : « Questionable Shapes » by William Dean Howells

Yesterday, when I took her part way up the bluff, she acted almost human.
Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower

Well, he'll see then that this kind of thing was all show-off, and bluff, won't he?
Extract from : « Alice Adams » by Booth Tarkington

Then he resumed his course and trotted on along the base of the bluff.
Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London

And again to me he threw out, "Don't you let 'em bluff you, Bill!"
Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson

Slowly the glowing light vanished behind a bluff of woodland.
Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum

Synonyms for bluff

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