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blustering::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blusterous, blustery |
blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia.
Examples of blustering
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The blustering actor's memoir of divorce is really a love letter to his daughter.
From the theatlantic.com
And now you're ranting and blustering again, now that you've been proved wrong.
From the economist.com
Of course, it's Alsop who's most in danger of becoming a blustering caricature.
From the latimes.com
Romney comes out aggressive and that's ok, but Biden does it and it's blustering?
From the forbes.com
The senator was satirist Al Capp's parody of a blustering anti-New DealDixiecrat.
From the en.wikipedia.org
In amongst some rather indeterminate blustering, the comedy cream rises to the top.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
At the moment all I seem to be getting is a load of opinionated dogmatic blustering.
From the guardian.co.uk
These men's blustering ignorance could well lead to a disastrous accident.
From the independent.co.uk
A welcome deliverance from a blustering self-obsessed rent-a-quote windbag.
From the bucksfreepress.co.uk
- 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.
