Bluster

/ˈblʌs.tə/ · noun

Meaning

Pompous, officious talk..

Definitions by Sense

1. Pompous, officious talk.
2. A gust of wind.
3. Fitful noise and violence.
4. To speak or protest loudly.
5. To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.
6. To blow in strong or sudden gusts (refers to winds).

Example Sentences

Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.

When confronted by opposition his reaction was to bluster, which often cowed the meek.

Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants.

He bloweth and blustereth out […] his abominable blasphemy.

As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands.

And ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round.

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Word Forms

• blusters
• blustering
• blustered

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