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bluster::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | bravado |
| Type of | flash, ostentation, fanfare |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade |
| Type of | boasting, self-praise, jactitation, boast |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blow, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt |
| Type of | hyperbolize, amplify, overdraw, overstate, magnify, exaggerate, hyperbolise |
| Has types | triumph, crow, gloat, puff |
| Derivation | blusterer |
Examples of bluster
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With his bluster and by focusing solely on Muslims, King has fanned those fears.
From the sacbee.com
Despite his bluster, Adelson still doesn't have the land he needs fully secured.
From the businessweek.com
Yet there remains a bluster where there should be a shard of terrible psychosis.
From the metro.co.uk
German and French banks, despite their bluster, are in an equally parlous state.
From the guardian.co.uk
They flinch at his bluster, challenge his evidence and wonder where it will end.
From the time.com
The bulk of the threats emanating from Pyongyang have been dismissed as bluster.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Gates does not have the bluster or panache of his predecessor, Donald Rumsfeld.
From the newsweek.com
Amid all this bluster, the company posted a resilient set of results this week.
From the independent.co.uk
Like Kane, Welles exerted all his charm, bluster and infinite energy to win love.
From the time.com
- Blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered"
- Noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations"
- Boast: show off
- Bravado: a swaggering show of courage
- A violent gusty wind
- Swagger: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- Braggadocio: vain and empty boasting
- Blustering(a): blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind"
- (Blusters) Boasting is the act of making an ostentatious speech. It is considered a vice by such major religious groups as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. Boasting has also been studied by such evolutionary psychologists as Robert Wright.
