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| NOUN | 1 | bluster | Noisy confusion and turbulence |
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| 2 | bluster, bravado | A swaggering show of courage | |
| 3 | bluster | A violent gusty wind | |
| 4 | bluster, braggadocio, rodomontade, rhodomontade | Vain and empty boasting | |
| VERB | 1 | bluster | Blow hard |
| 2 | bluster, boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, vaunt, gasconade | Show off | |
| 3 | bluster, swagger, swash | Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner |
| Sounds | blah'ster |
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| Rhymes | abductor, accelerator, accelerometer, and 628 more rhymes in ter... |
| Meaning | Noisy confusion and turbulence. |
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| Examples | "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations" |
| Broader | confusion |
| Meaning | A swaggering show of courage. |
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| Synonyms | bravado |
| Broader | ostentation, fanfare, flash |
| Verbs | bluster |
| Meaning | A violent gusty wind. |
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| Broader | gust, blast, blow |
| Adjectives | blusterous, blustery; blusterous, blustery |
| Verbs | bluster |
| Meaning | Vain and empty boasting. |
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| Synonyms | braggadocio, rodomontade, rhodomontade |
| Broader | boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation |
| Verbs | bluster |
| Meaning | Blow hard. Be gusty, as of wind. |
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| Pattern | It is ----ing |
| Examples | "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered" |
| Broader | blow |
| Nouns | bluster |
| Meaning | Show off. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; Somebody ----s to somebody |
| Synonyms | boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, vaunt, gasconade |
| Broader | overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify |
| Narrower | puff; gloat, triumph, crow |
| Nouns | bluster; bluster; blusterer |
| Meaning | Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s |
| Synonyms | swagger, swash |
| Broader | act, behave, do |
| Nouns | blusterer |
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