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Bluster

Bluster Meaning & Definition
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.

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