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blustering
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Blustering
(gcide) | Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]
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1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be
windy and boisterous, as the weather.
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And ever-threatening storms
Of Chaos blustering round. --Milton.
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2. 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.
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Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic
tyrants. --Burke.
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Blustering
(gcide) | Blustering \Blus"ter*ing\, a.
1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy;
tumultuous.
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A tempest and a blustering day. --Shak.
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2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.
"A blustering fellow." --L'Estrange.
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blustering
(wn) | blustering
adj 1: 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" [syn:
blustering(a), blusterous, blustery] |
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Blustering
(gcide) | Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]
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1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be
windy and boisterous, as the weather.
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And ever-threatening storms
Of Chaos blustering round. --Milton.
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2. 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.
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Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic
tyrants. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]Blustering \Blus"ter*ing\, a.
1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy;
tumultuous.
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A tempest and a blustering day. --Shak.
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2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.
"A blustering fellow." --L'Estrange.
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Blusteringly
(gcide) | Blusteringly \Blus"ter*ing*ly\, adv.
In a blustering manner.
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