'Bluster' definitions:
Definition of 'bluster'
(from WordNet)
noun
Noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations"
noun
A swaggering show of courage [syn: bravado, bluster]
noun
A violent gusty wind
noun
verb
Blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered"
verb
verb
Definition of 'Bluster'
From: GCIDE
- Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. t. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully. [1913 Webster]
- He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. --Sir T. More. [1913 Webster]
- As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bluster'
From: GCIDE
- Bluster \Blus"ter\, n.
- 1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness. [1913 Webster]
- To the winds they set Their corners, when with bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Bluster'
From: GCIDE
- Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. [1913 Webster]
- And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering round. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage. [1913 Webster]
- Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'bluster'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitation,
- bawl,
- be livid,
- be pissed,
- bellow,
- blast,
- blow,
- blow a hurricane,
- blow great guns,
- blow over,
- blow up,
- bludgeon,
- bluff,
- bluster and bluff,
- bluster out of,
- boast,
- boastfulness,
- boasting,
- bobbery,
- boil,
- boiling,
- bombast,
- bounce,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- braggartism,
- bragging,
- bravado,
- brawl,
- breeze,
- breeze up,
- brew,
- broil,
- brouhaha,
- browbeat,
- browned off,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- bullyrag,
- burn,
- bustle,
- cacophony,
- carry on,
- chafe,
- chaos,
- churn,
- clamor,
- come up,
- commotion,
- conceit,
- conturbation,
- cow,
- crow,
- demoralize,
- discomposure,
- disorder,
- disquiet,
- disquietude,
- disturbance,
- dragoon,
- draw the longbow,
- ebullition,
- embroilment,
- excitement,
- fanaticism,
- fanfaronade,
- ferment,
- fermentation,
- fever,
- feverishness,
- fidgets,
- flap,
- flourish,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutteration,
- foment,
- fomentation,
- foofaraw,
- frenzy,
- freshen,
- fret,
- fume,
- furor,
- furore,
- fury,
- fuss,
- gasconade,
- gasconism,
- gather,
- go on,
- grandiloquence,
- harangue,
- harass,
- have a conniption,
- hector,
- heroics,
- hot air,
- hubbub,
- huff,
- hurly-burly,
- inquietude,
- intimidate,
- jactation,
- jactitation,
- jitters,
- jumpiness,
- look big,
- maelstrom,
- malaise,
- moil,
- nerviness,
- nervosity,
- nervousness,
- out-herod Herod,
- pandemonium,
- passion,
- perturbation,
- pipe up,
- pissed off,
- puff,
- puffery,
- racket,
- rage,
- raging,
- raise Cain,
- raise hell,
- raise the devil,
- raise the roof,
- rant,
- rant and rave,
- rave,
- raving,
- restlessness,
- rodomontade,
- roil,
- roister,
- rollick,
- rout,
- row,
- ruckus,
- rumpus,
- seethe,
- seething,
- set in,
- show off,
- side,
- simmer,
- sizzle,
- slang,
- smoke,
- smolder,
- speak for Buncombe,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- squall,
- stew,
- stir,
- storm,
- storminess,
- storming,
- strut,
- swagger,
- swaggering,
- swashbuckle,
- swirl,
- systematically terrorize,
- take on,
- talk big,
- tempestuousness,
- terrorize,
- threaten,
- throw a fit,
- to-do,
- trepidation,
- trepidity,
- tumult,
- tumultuation,
- tumultuousness,
- turbidity,
- turbulence,
- turmoil,
- twitter,
- unease,
- unrest,
- uproar,
- upset,
- vanity,
- vapor,
- vaunt,
- vauntery,
- vaunting,
- waft,
- whiff,
- whiffle,
- wildness,
- zeal,
- zealousness