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adjective

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as in blustery

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as in brazen

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verb

present participle of bluster
as in huffing
to talk loudly and wildly the rude customer blustered and yelled threats about lawsuits, but eventually left

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Recent Examples of blustering
Adjective
Without the distracting histrionics of the blustering Republican nominee, the Vance-Walz face-off could prove more substantive than the two presidential debates that took place this summer. — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
Verb
Juxtaposed to Colman Domingo’s blustering portrayal of Joe Jackson and Jaafar Jackson’s uncanny performance as his late uncle Michael, Long has found a way to make silence load-bearing. — Zeba Blay, SELF, 21 Apr. 2026 Eddie, a blustering man who’s often the loudest to laugh at the fat jokes hurled his way, is on the cusp of landing a new contract for his own variety show at CBS, a much larger network than his and Maggie’s current employer. — Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blustering
  1. blustery
  2. brazen
  3. huffing
  4. violent
  5. shrill
  6. raving
  7. raging
  8. strident
Adjective
  • Editor-in-chief Ned Sampson (Domhnall Gleeson) is a mix of blustery Michael Scott naivete and Jim Halpert everyman likability in his attempts to resurrect the struggling Toledo Truth Teller.
    — Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026
  • The blustery weather comes on the heels of an EF-1 tornado that ripped through the town of Freeland, Michigan, about 13 miles north of Saginaw, on Tuesday afternoon.
    — Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 10 June 2026
Definition of blustery
Adjective
  • This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 11 July 2026
  • That’s despite Musk promising Tesla’s fleet would grow to hundreds of thousands by the end of this year, a characteristically brazen prediction with little bearing on reality.
    — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 9 July 2026
Definition of brazen
Verb
  • This version is battery-powered, meaning no more huffing and puffing!
    — Anja Webb, Parents, 24 June 2026
  • Lee began huffing gasoline at seven years old, court documents stated.
    — Nina Giraldo, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
Definition of huffing
Adjective
  • Bullish risk reversal In an attempt to capitalize on the historically expensive downside SPCX options and position for a violent snap-back, this risk reversal seeks to finance upside exposure by fading the put skew.
    — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 17 July 2026
  • As the administration forges ahead with its immigration enforcement campaign, former ICE officials and policing experts warned that resuming vehicle stops without a thorough review of training or tactics could lead to more violent encounters.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 17 July 2026
Definition of violent
Adjective
  • On shrill winter nights, Moscow’s power is conspicuous, its Orthodox cathedrals and Stalinist high-rises illuminated, though the view falls dim in the autumn and spring, shrouded in sheets of greige.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • The chaos is still an acceptable price to pay for Birney’s expertly offputting performance, a shrill mania that gets increasingly comic over time.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of shrill
Verb
  • Fans are raving that Madonna has tapped back into her essence—but unfortunately, a lot of her is missing.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 10 July 2026
  • Lagree is everywhere on social media right now, with celebrities and trainers raving about the burn from a machine called the Megaformer.
    — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 9 July 2026
Definition of raving
Adjective
  • His disregard not just for the conventional norms of the office but, more importantly, his disregard for the truth in matters both personal and presidential add fuel to what was already a pretty raging fire.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, azcentral, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Newsletter Sign-up The aggressive forecasts add to a raging debate among energy executives and analysts over what the coming decades may hold for the industry.
    — Sarah Kent, WSJ, 10 Sep. 2018
Definition of raging
Adjective
  • And Paul certainly seems more shaken, less strident than in the previous films, having unleashed a wave of intergalactic bloodletting.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 8 July 2026
  • The mayor underperformed with Jewish voters in the 2025 election and has been a strident critic of Israel throughout his fast-rising political career.
    — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 8 July 2026
Definition of strident

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