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blustering

3 syllables
nounadjective
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As a noun, blustering means a noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind. As an adjective, it means engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.

Meanings of blustering

6 meanings

noun

  1. A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.

  2. Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.

adjective

  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.

  4. Blowing in violent and abrupt bursts

    “blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia”

    “a cold blustery day”

    Similar: blusterous, blustery

verb

Present participle of bluster

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
blusterousblustery

Words that rhyme with blustering

clusteringflusteringmustering

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