bluster
blus
ˈbləs
blēs
ter
tɜr
tēr
/blˈʌstɐ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "bluster"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ—ā§‹āϞāĻŽāĻžāϞ, āĻšā§ˆāϚ⧈

loud, noisy commotion or turbulence
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Political bluster filled the hall during the heated debate.
āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻĒā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻšāϞāϟāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧈āϤāĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§ˆāϚ⧈ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āϰ⧇ āĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āĻĻ⧇āĻŽāĻžāĻ•, āĻ—āĻ°ā§āĻŦ

loud or boastful talk or behavior meant to impress or show bravery, often without real courage or substance
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The politician 's speech was full of empty bluster.
āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤ⧃āϤāĻžāϟāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻ–āĻžāϞāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻŽāĻžāĻ• āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ­āϰāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻāĻĄāĻŧ, āĻ˜ā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧ

a strong, noisy, and gusty wind, often accompanied by turbulent
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As the bluster intensified, tree branches swayed vigorously and loose debris scattered across the streets.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻĄāĻžāϞāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻž āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻĻ⧁āϞāϤ⧇ āϞāĻžāĻ—āϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ‚āϏāĻžāĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āϰāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĨ¤
01

āĻĻ⧇āĻŽāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to speak or act in a loud, boastful, or self-important way, often to impress or intimidate others
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager blustered at the staff instead of addressing the real issue.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§ƒāϤ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻŽāĻžāĻ• āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻŦāχāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of wind) to blow forcefully and noisily
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Storm clouds gathered and the wind began to bluster.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§‡āϘ āϜāĻŽāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻŦāχāϤ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

blusterous
blustery
bluster
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