bluster
Pompous, officious talkPompous, officious talk.
» I bluster as though I know what I am doing.
frzzl · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Pompous, officious talk.
Getöse, Aufblasen, Aufplustern
(countable, uncountable)A gust of wind.
Böe, Windstoß, Windböe
a violent gusty wind
(countable, uncountable)Fitful noise and violence.
Gepolter, Geschrei, Wutgeschrei
Examples
3 sentencesI bluster as though I know what I am doing.
They’re just bluff and bluster.
Such thoughts revolving in her fiery mind, / straightway the Goddess to AEolia passed, / the storm-clouds' birthplace, big with blustering wind.
Translations
3 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English blusteren (“to wander about aimlessly”); however, apparently picking uFrom Middle English blusteren (“to wander about aimlessly”); however, apparently picking up the modern sense from Middle Low German blüstren (“to blow violently”; compare later Low German blustern, blistern). Related to blow, blast. Compare also Saterland Frisian bloasje (“to blow”), bruusje (“to bluster”).
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Forms
plural: blustersSynonyms
5 synonyms- a swaggering show of courage:bravado
- vain and empty boasting:braggadociorodomontaderhodomontade
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.