Sentence:  Boasting and <WSD>blustering</WSD> are as objectionable among nations as among individuals, and the public men of a great nation owe it to their sense of national self-respect to speak courteously of foreign powers just as a brave and self-respecting man treats all around him courteously. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.