bluster

²bluster

noun

Definition of BLUSTER

1

: a violent boisterous blowing

2

: violent commotion

3

: loudly boastful or threatening speech

— blus·ter·ous \-t(ə-)rəs\ adjective

— blus·tery \-t(ə-)rē\ adjective

Examples of BLUSTER

1. We were all tired of his macho bluster.
2. <all the bluster in the campaign speech was intended to hide a lack of specifics>

First Known Use of BLUSTER

1583

Related to BLUSTER

Synonyms: bombast, brag, braggadocio, bull [slang], cockalorum, fanfaronade, gas, gasconade, grandiloquence, hot air, magniloquence, rant, rodomontade (also rhodomontade)

Antonyms: quiet, silence, silentness, still, stillness

Related Words: oratory, rhapsody, rhetoric; pomposity, turgidity, wind; bloviation, verbosity, windiness; babble, blab, chatter, drivel, gabble, gibber, gibberish, jabber, prattle; jawing, patter, prating, yammering; egotism, self-conceit, self-importance, swagger, vaunt

Near Antonyms: calm, hush, lull; quietude, serenity, tranquillity (or tranquility)

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