bluster
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle Low German blüstren (“to blow violently”)
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
bluster (plural blusters)
[edit] Synonyms
- (pompous talk): bombast
[edit] Translations
pompous, officious talk
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gust of wind
fitful noise and violence
[edit] Verb
bluster (third-person singular simple present blusters, present participle blustering, simple past and past participle blustered)
- To speak or protest loudly.
- When confronted by opposition his reaction was to bluster, which often cowed the meek.
- To blow in strong or sudden gusts.
[edit] Translations
to speak or protest loudly
to blow in strong or sudden gusts
