bluffed
Pretended having strength
Bluffed is the past tense of bluff—to deceive someone by projecting false confidence or strength.
In poker, you bluff by betting as if you have a strong hand when you don't: He bluffed his way to the pot with a pair of twos.
Outside cards, bluffing extends to any situation where you fake competence or certainty: She bluffed her way through the interview.
Misled into false belief
- dupedDeceived into believing
- connedDeceived for gain
- trickedMisled by cunning
- hoodwinkedTricked into believing falsely
fooled · bamboozled · misled · outwitted · swindled · gulled · cheated · beguiled
Made a misleading move
- maneuveredMoved with calculated skill
- gambitRisky opening for advantage
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
diversion · tactic · decoy · subterfuge · misdirection · stratagem · countermove · faked
Contacted by phone
Confident, boastful manner
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
- blusteredSpoke aggressively, emptily
fronted · overconfidence · chest-thumping · showboating · grandstanding · puffed up · talked big
deceived
Misled into false belief
hoodwinked · fooled · bamboozled · misled · outwitted · swindled · gulled · cheated · beguiled · suckered
feinted
Made a misleading move
- maneuveredMoved with calculated skill
- gambitRisky opening for advantage
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
ruse · diversion · tactic · decoy · subterfuge · misdirection · stratagem · countermove · faked · finessed
called
Contacted by phone
showdown · hand · tell · pot · betting · check · chip · stakes · river · flop
swagger
Confident, boastful manner
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- boldnessFearless readiness to act
- audacityBrazen, reckless daring
blustered · fronted · overconfidence · chest-thumping · showboating · grandstanding · puffed up · talked big
bluffedrevealed
Made visible or known
disclosed · showed · exposed · leveled · came clean
bluffedrevealed
Made visible or known
disclosed · exposed · laid bare · came clean · let on
bluffedfollowed through
Completed what was started
delivered · made good · demonstrated · substantiated · put up
- call someone's bluffTest if threat is real
- call the bluffExpose an empty threat
- river bluffsElevated terrain along waterways
- blind man's bluffBlindfolded player seeks others
- double bluffDeception through apparent honesty
- bluffed outWon by false confidence
bluff, bluffing, bluffs, bluffer, bluffers, outbluff, bluffable, outbluffing, bluffness