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bluster
[bluhs-ter]
verb (used without object)
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.
verb (used with object)
to force or accomplish by blustering.
He blustered his way through the crowd.
noun
boisterous noise and violence.
the bluster of the streets.
noisy, empty threats or protests; inflated talk.
bluff and bluster.
bluster
/ ˈblʌstə /
verb
to speak or say loudly or boastfully
to act in a bullying way
to force or attempt to force (a person) into doing something by behaving thus
(intr) (of the wind) to be noisy or gusty
noun
boisterous talk or action; swagger
empty threats or protests
a strong wind; gale
Other Word Forms
- blustery adjective
- blustering noun
- blusteringly adverb
- blusterer noun
- blusterous adjective
- outbluster verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Origin of bluster1
Word History and Origins
Origin of bluster1
Example Sentences
"The whole threat of euthanasia is a bluster," Mr Demers, the former Marineland employee, said.
In such an era, the fact that the American president decided to blather and bluster instead of attempting to offer workable proposals is nothing short of an embarrassment.
Healey suggested there was bluster in Putin's words, insisting that Russia was under pressure.
She described the action plan as "more bluster from a government that is only tinkering around the edges".
A U.S. president and a Russian leader sitting down to talk and emerging with bluster about progress seems normal enough, perhaps encouraging when American-Russian relations have been at a historic low.
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