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blustering

adj · noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.

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2

adj

Meaning 2

Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.

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3

adj

Meaning 3

Very windy; (of wind) blowing very strongly, blustery.

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Examples

  • 1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 152, A blustering night, a fair day.

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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noun

Meaning 5

Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.

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Usage: countable, uncountable

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6

verb

Meaning 6

present participle and gerund of bluster

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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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History

Etymology

By surface analysis, bluster + -ing.

Real reading context

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