bluster
- to roar and be tumultuous, as wind.
- to be loud, noisy, or swaggering; utter loud, empty menaces or protests: He blusters about revenge but does nothing.
- to force or accomplish by blustering: He blustered his way through the crowd.
- boisterous noise and violence: the bluster of the streets.
- noisy, empty threats or protests; inflated talk: bluff and bluster.
Origin of bluster
Synonyms for bluster
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swagger, braggadocio, bravado, bulldoze, hector, yap, gloat, bombast, boasting, bluff, swaggering, crowing, rabidity, cow, boast, roar, crow, swell, brazen, strutExamples from the Web for bluster
Contemporary Examples of bluster
Consequently, the ones who suffer the brunt of your bluster are not Muslims in other nations that you may want to influence.
But bluster was all it was: Carter entered and left the building without incident.
This is, of course, bluster, yet the harsh words come at a particularly sensitive moment.
The movement has gotten by on cliché and bluster and Scotch tape.
By contrast, George W. Bush launched two disastrous wars, and in so doing gave GOP bluster a bad name.
Historical Examples of bluster
In any case, he saw that there was nothing he could hope to gain by violence or bluster.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
"I don't know and I don't care," Barnes answered with a weak attempt at bluster.
The AvengerE. Phillips Oppenheim
But he of The Blunder and Bluster was a much higher style of man.
I, who whip round corners and bluster, relapse and evade, then rally and pursue!
The Golden AgeKenneth Grahame
Mr. Hapgood's bluster collapsed, like a punctured toy balloon.
Cap'n Dan's DaughterJoseph C. Lincoln
bluster
- to speak or say loudly or boastfully
- to act in a bullying way
- (tr, foll by into) to force or attempt to force (a person) into doing something by behaving thus
- (intr) (of the wind) to be noisy or gusty
- boisterous talk or action; swagger
- empty threats or protests
- a strong wind; gale
Word Origin for bluster
Word Origin and History for bluster
late 14c., from a Low German source, e.g. Middle Low German blüstren "to blow violently," East Frisian blüstern "to bluster" (see blow (v.1)). Related: Blustered; blustering.
1580s, from bluster (v.).