Definition of bluster Bluster

/blʌˈstɚ/ - [bluster] - blus•ter

We found 21 definitions of bluster from 6 different sources.

What does bluster mean?

Noun Plural: blusters
bluster - a violent gusty wind
		gust, blast, blow a strong current of air; "the tree was bent almost double by the gust"
bluster - noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations"
bluster - a swaggering show of courage
		bravado
		fanfare, ostentation, flash pretentious or showy or vulgar display
bluster - vain and empty boasting
		braggadocio, rodomontade, rhodomontade
		boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation speaking of yourself in superlatives
Verb blusters, blustering, blustered
bluster - blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered"
		blow exhale hard; "blow on the soup to cool it down"
bluster - show off
		boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, vaunt, gasconade
		hyperbolise, hyperbolize, overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, magnify, amplify to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth; "tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `gracious Old South' imagery"
		puff blow hard and loudly; "he huffed and puffed as he made his way up the mountain"
		gloat, crow, triumph dwell on with satisfaction
bluster - act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
		swagger, swash
		behave, act, do behave in a certain manner; "She carried herself well"; "he bore himself with dignity"; "They conducted themselves well during these difficult times"

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bluster (v. i.)
To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.
bluster (v. i.)
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.
bluster (v. t.)
To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.
bluster (n.)
Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.
bluster (n.)
Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.

bluster
blus′tėr, v.i. to make a noise like a blast of wind: to bully or swagger.—n. a blast or roaring as of the wind: bullying or boasting language: a storm of anger.—n. Blus′tering, a noisy blowing as of a blast: swaggering: noisy pretension.—adj. stormy: tumultuous: boastful.—adv. Blus′teringly.—adjs. Blus′terous (Shak.) noisy: boastful; Blus′tery, stormy: (Carlyle) swaggering. [An augmentative of Blast.]