English Explanatory Dictionary

blustering

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.
  2. Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.
adj
  1. Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.
  2. Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.
  3. Very windy; (of wind) blowing very strongly, blustery.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of bluster

Word forms

blustering blusterings more blustering most blustering

Etymology

By surface analysis, bluster + -ing.

Synonyms

swaggering braggartry

Derived words

blusteringly
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