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Bluster Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Bluster? [n] a swaggering show of courage [n] vain and empty boasting [n] a violent gusty wind [n] noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations" [v] act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner [v] show off [v] blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Bluster: blow \| boast \| brag \| braggadocio \| bravado \| gas \| gasconade \| rhodomontade \| rodomontade \| shoot a line \| swagger \| swash \| swash \| tout \| vaunt Related Terms \| Find terms related to Bluster: agitation \| bawl \| be livid \| be pissed \| bellow \| blast \| blow \| blow a hurricane \| blow great guns \| blow over \| blow up \| bludgeon \| bluff \| bluster and bluff \| bluster out of \| boast \| boastfulness \| boasting \| bobbery \| boil \| boiling \| bombast \| bounce \| brag \| braggadocio \| braggartism \| bragging \| bravado \| brawl \| breeze \| breeze up \| brew \| broil \| brouhaha \| browbeat \| browned off \| bulldoze \| bully \| bullyrag \| burn \| bustle \| cacophony \| carry on \| chafe \| chaos \| churn \| clamor \| come up \| commotion \| conceit \| conturbation \| cow \| crow \| demoralize \| discomposure \| disorder \| disquiet \| disquietude \| disturbance \| dragoon \| draw the longbow \| ebullition \| embroilment \| excitement \| fanaticism \| fanfaronade \| ferment \| fermentation \| fever \| feverishness \| fidgets \| flap \| flourish \| flurry \| fluster \| flutteration \| foment \| fomentation \| foofaraw \| frenzy \| freshen \| fret \| fume \| furor \| furore \| fury \| fuss \| gasconade \| gasconism \| gather \| go on \| grandiloquence \| harangue \| harass \| have a conniption \| hector \| heroics \| hot air \| hubbub \| huff \| hurly-burly \| inquietude \| intimidate \| jactation \| jactitation \| jitters \| jumpiness \| look big \| maelstrom \| malaise \| moil \| nerviness \| nervosity \| nervousness \| out-herod Herod \| pandemonium \| passion \| perturbation \| pipe up \| pissed off \| puff \| puffery \| racket \| rage \| raging \| raise Cain \| raise hell \| raise the devil \| raise the roof \| rant \| rant and rave \| rave \| raving \| restlessness \| rodomontade \| roil \| roister \| rollick \| rout \| row \| ruckus \| rumpus \| seethe \| seething \| set in \| show off \| side \| simmer \| sizzle \| slang \| smoke \| smolder \| speak for Buncombe \| splutter \| sputter \| squall \| stew \| stir \| storm \| storminess \| storming \| strut \| swagger \| swaggering \| swashbuckle \| swirl \| systematically terrorize \| take on \| talk big \| tempestuousness \| terrorize \| threaten \| throw a fit \| to-do \| trepidation \| trepidity \| tumult \| tumultuation \| tumultuousness \| turbidity \| turbulence \| turmoil \| twitter \| unease \| unrest \| uproar \| upset \| vanity \| vapor \| vaunt \| vauntery \| vaunting \| waft \| whiff \| whiffle \| wildness \| zeal \| zealousness See Also \| act \| amplify \| behave \| blast \| blow \| blow \| boast \| boasting \| confusion \| crow \| do \| exaggerate \| fanfare \| gloat \| gust \| hyerbolise \| hyperbolize \| jactitation \| magnify \| ostentation \| overdraw \| overstate \| puff \| self-praise \| triumph Bluster In Webster's Dictionary \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blustered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blustering}.] [Allied to blast.] 1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering round. --Milton. 2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. --Burke. \Blus"ter\, v. t. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully. He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. --Sir T. More. As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. --Fuller. \Blus"ter\, n. 1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness. To the winds they set Their corners, when with bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore. --Milton. 2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. --L'Estrange. Syn: Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.

Bluster Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bluster?

[n] a swaggering show of courage
[n] vain and empty boasting
[n] a violent gusty wind
[n] noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations"
[v] act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
[v] show off
[v] blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered"

Bluster In Webster's Dictionary

\Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blustered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Blustering}.] [Allied to blast.]
1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be
   windy and boisterous, as the weather.

         And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering
         round.                                --Milton.

2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or
   boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to
   play the bully; to storm; to rage.

         Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic
         tyrants.                              --Burke.


\Blus"ter\, v. t.
To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering;
to bully.

      He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable
      blasphemy.                               --Sir T. More.

      As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a
      perfect obedience to his commands.       --Fuller.


\Blus"ter\, n.
1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds;
   boisterousness.

         To the winds they set Their corners, when with
         bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore. --Milton.

2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful
   language. --L'Estrange.

Syn: Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion;
     boasting; swaggering; bullying.

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