SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN 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.
Origin of bluster 1520–30; perhaps < Low German blustern, blüstern to blow violently; compare Old Norse blāstr blowing, hissing
Related forms blus·ter·er , noun blus·ter·ing·ly , adverb blus·ter·y , blus·ter·ous , adjective blus·ter·ous·ly , adverb out·blus·ter , verb (used with object) un·blus·ter·ous , adjective un·blus·ter·ous·ly , adverb Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for blustery windy ,
gusty ,
turbulent ,
howling ,
inclement ,
raging ,
rough ,
tempestuous ,
violent ,
wild ,
roaring ,
gusting Examples from the Web for blustery Contemporary Examples of blustery Middleton's navy MaxMara jacket and Orla Kiely skirt, however, were no match for the blustery weather.
By turns bossy, blustery , and self-deprecating, Frida insinuates herself into every aspect of the place.
A blustery man I met when I was young, a painter, came up with a sentence he liked to say because he believed it was true.
And Winpisinger was a piece of work: a blustery , belligerent, union militant.
Joo delivered a fairly specific, but blustery , private proposal from the North Koreans.
Historical Examples of blustery Its climate, except for a few months of summer, is raw and blustery .
The next night was a dirty one—no rain to speak of, but dark and blustery .
When he reached Cincinnati it was snowing, a windy, blustery snow.
A fine, calm day, though cold, had succeeded the blustery one.
And like a puff of wholesome, blustery wind the doctor was off.
British Dictionary definitions for blustery verb 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
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noun boisterous talk or action; swagger
empty threats or protests
a strong wind; gale
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Derived Forms blusterer , noun blustering , noun , adjective blusteringly or blusterously , adverb blustery or blusterous , adjective Word Origin for bluster C15: probably from Middle Low German blüsteren to storm, blow violently
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Word Origin and History for blustery adj. 1707, from bluster (n.) + -y (2). Blustering in this sense is recorded from 1510s.
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v. 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 .
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