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bluster

('bl/@/st/@/r )

noisy confusion and turbulence(noun.state)

Example:
He was awakened by the bluster of their preparations.

source: wordnet30
a swaggering show of courage(noun.communication)

Synonym:
bravado

source: wordnet30
a violent gusty wind(noun.phenomenon)

source: wordnet30
vain and empty boasting(noun.communication)

Synonym:
braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade

source: wordnet30
Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.(noun)

source: webster1913

blow hard; be gusty, as of wind(verb.weather)

Example:
A southeaster blustered onshore.
The flames blustered.

source: wordnet30
show off(verb.communication)

Synonym:
blow, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, shoot a line, swash, tout, vaunt

source: wordnet30
act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner(verb.body)

Synonym:
swagger, swash

source: wordnet30
To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.(verb)

source: webster1913
To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.(verb)

source: webster1913

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