blustering

adjective

blus·ter·ing | \ ˈblə-st(ə-)riŋ

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Definition of blustering

1 : blowing in stormy gusts blustering winds

2 : speaking loudly and aggressively a blustering bully

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blusteringly adverb

This rather prompted the question of why Apple had been so confident of its encryption powers. Was it merely naïve in its belief in its own technical competence? Blusteringly overconfident? —Michael Wolff

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The first known use of blustering was in 1513

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