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Synonyms for bluster
ˈblʌs tərblus·ter

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Wiktionary2.0 / 1 vote

  1. blusternoun

    Synonyms:
    bombast

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. bluster

    Synonyms:
    storm, rage, puff, insult, blow, swagger, fume, brag

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. blusternoun

    noisy confusion and turbulence

    "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations"

    Synonyms:
    braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

  2. bravado, blusternoun

    a swaggering show of courage

    Synonyms:
    braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

  3. blusternoun

    a violent gusty wind

    Synonyms:
    braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

  4. braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontadeverb

    vain and empty boasting

    Synonyms:
    braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

  5. blusterverb

    blow hard; be gusty, as of wind

    "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered"

    Synonyms:
    brag, boast, shoot a line, swash, gas, vaunt, blow, tout, swagger, gasconade

  6. boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconadeverb

    show off

    Synonyms:
    swash, gasconade, botch, splatter, bungle, muck up, splash, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, blow, burn out, flub, suck, waste, fumble, shove off, fellate, muff, ball up, sport, bollocks, mess up, feature, louse up, bollocks up, float, gas, bollix, plash, vaunt, screw up, spoil, tout, shoot a line, go down on, swagger, foul up, fluff, blow out, drift, bobble, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, squander, splosh, boast, bodge, spatter

  7. swagger, bluster, swashverb

    act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

    Synonyms:
    ruffle, tittup, sashay, swash, gas, splatter, swagger, vaunt, cock, gasconade, browbeat, splosh, tout, plash, strut, prance, spatter, blow, brag, bully, boast, splash, shoot a line

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. blusterverb

    Synonyms:
    roar (as the wind), make a loud noise

  2. blusterverb

    Synonyms:
    vapor, swagger, bully, BOAST, vaunt, swell, domineer, gasconade, play the bully

  3. blusterverb

    Synonyms:
    make a great ado, make much ado about nothing

  4. blusternoun

    Synonyms:
    boisterousness, noise, tumult, turbulence

  5. blusternoun

    Synonyms:
    boasting, swaggering, bullying, blattering, BLATHERSKITE

  6. blusternoun

    Synonyms:
    great ado, much ado about nothing

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. blusternoun

    Synonyms:
    swaggering, gasconade, boasting, wind, storm

  2. blusterverb

    Synonyms:
    swagger, storm, rage, gasconade, roister

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How to use bluster in a sentence?

  1. President Barack Obama:

    That's just hot air. That's bluster. That's not serious, there's another word for it that starts with a 'b' - it's baloney.

  2. Kate Klonick:

    A lot of the executive order is bluster.

  3. Wasserman Schultz:

    What we didn't hear is what Trump will do to keep jobs, he has no new plans, only bluster, fear and chaos. America is better than this.

  4. Hillary Clinton:

    He has been engaging in bigotry and bluster and bullying and I think when it comes to understanding what he would do as president, there are serious questions that have been raised, and this campaign should he be the nominee will have to address them.

  5. Jena Griswold:

    I realize that most of it is probably bluster, but what's concerning is the one time it's not.


Translations for bluster

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  • порив, бушувам, вилнея, самохвалствоBulgarian
  • hukot, zuřit, bouřit, chvástání, kraválCzech
  • tobenGerman
  • uhota, puuskaisesti, mahtailla, tuulla, mahtailu, puuska, tuulenpuuskaFinnish
  • bagairt, stoirmich, beucadh, bòilich, bagradh, bagair, bòst, gleadhraichScottish Gaelic
  • לְהִתְרַבְרֵבHebrew
  • pūrekereke, rūtā, whakatūpehupehu, whāuraura, whakatūātea, tūpererūMāori
  • bruke seg, raseri, rase, tomme trusler, bråke, bråkNorwegian
  • бушевать, реветьRussian
  • چمکUrdu

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