Bluster - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈblʌstər|
Brit.
|ˈblʌstə|
noun
- noisy confusion and turbulence
- a violent gusty wind
- vain and empty boasting (syn: braggadocio, rodomontade)
he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations
- a swaggering show of courage (syn: bravado)- a violent gusty wind
- vain and empty boasting (syn: braggadocio, rodomontade)
verb
- blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner (syn: swagger, swash)
A southeaster blustered onshore
The flames blustered
- show off (syn: blow, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, swash, tout, vaunt)The flames blustered
- act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner (syn: swagger, swash)
Extra examples
He brags and blusters, but he never really does what he says he'll do.
“I don't want to hear it!” he blustered.
The wind blustered through the valley.
We were all tired of his macho bluster.
...all the bluster in the campaign speech was intended to hide a lack of specifics...
'That's hardly the point,' he blustered.
A southeaster blustered onshore
The flames blustered
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: bluster
he/she/it: blusters
present participle: blustering
past tense: blustered
past participle: blustered
I/you/we/they: bluster
he/she/it: blusters
present participle: blustering
past tense: blustered
past participle: blustered
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