blustered; blustering
ˈblə-st(ə-)riŋ 
1
: to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats
brags and blusters but rarely does what he says he'll do
2
a
: to blow in stormy noisy gusts
a cold, blustering wind
b
: to be windy and boisterous
… when autumn blusters and the orchard rocks.—
Robert Browning
Robert Browning1
: to utter with noisy self-assertiveness
"I don't want to hear it!" he blustered.
2
: to drive or force by blustering
… trying to bluster us into the belief that they are much better than they look.—F. A. Swinnerton
F. A. Swinnerton1
: a violent boisterous blowing
… the strong breeze driving them was setting up a bluster on the water.—Rose Thurburn
Rose Thurburn2
: violent commotion
They do their work without bluster or ostentation.—Stanley Walker
Stanley Walker3
: loudly boastful or threatening speech
growing tired of his macho bluster
Examples of bluster in a Sentence
Verb
He brags and blusters, but he never really does what he says he'll do.
“I don't want to hear it!” he blustered.
The wind blustered through the valley.
Noun
We were all tired of his macho bluster.
all the bluster in the campaign speech was intended to hide a lack of specifics
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Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
Trump’s blustering, threatening bullying is ineffective, costly and foolish.
—John A. Ragosta, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
Quartz Staff, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2025
Trump's bluster and movement of military assets are designed to pressure the Iranians to the negotiating table.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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Verb
He’s accompanied on this journey by phonk vet DJ Smokey, a blustering mixtape host treating the occasion like a forensic investigation into the murder of the artist.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2025
Trump’s blustering, threatening bullying is ineffective, costly and foolish.
—John A. Ragosta, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2025
Noun
Michael Saylor’s bluster about never selling your Bitcoin lost a little oomph.
—Quartz Staff, Quartz, 14 Apr. 2025
Trump's bluster and movement of military assets are designed to pressure the Iranians to the negotiating table.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Bluster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bluster. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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