blustering
blustering · more blustering · most blustering
Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudlyEngaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.
US/blˈʌstɚɪŋ/
Meaning
3 sensesEngaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.
Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.
Very windy; (of wind) blowing very strongly, blustery.
More definitions
- blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
Origin
By surface analysis, bluster + -ing.By surface analysis, bluster + -ing.
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Forms
more blustering, most blustering| Comparative | more blustering Lesson |
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| Superlative | most blustering Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
4 synonymsClose in meaning
- blowing in violent and abrupt bursts:blusterousblustery
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedblusteringly
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form