The meaning of Bluster

noun

A destructive wave of highly compressed air spreading outwards from an explosion.

Usage examples:

They were thrown backwards by the blast

verb

Blow up or break apart (something solid) with explosives.

Usage examples:

The school was blasted by an explosion

exclamation

Expressing annoyance.

Usage examples:

‘blast! the car won't start!’

verb

Talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.

Usage examples:

She boasted about her many conquests

noun

An act of talking with excessive pride and self-satisfaction.

Usage examples:

I said i would win and it wasn't an idle boast

noun

(in squash) a stroke in which the ball is made to hit one of the side walls before hitting the front wall.

Usage examples:

His favourite ploy was a backhand boast pulling beachill to the front right corner and whatever bea…

noun

Excessively proud and self-satisfied talk about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.

Usage examples:

His online boasting led police straight to his doorstep

adjective

Exhibiting or characterized by excessive pride or self-satisfaction.

Usage examples:

She addressed his boasting comments about being a famous billionaire

verb

Talk with excessive pride and self-satisfaction about one's achievements, possessions, or abilities.

Usage examples:

She boasted about her many conquests

noun

High-sounding language with little meaning, used to impress people.

Usage examples:

The bombast of gung-ho militarism

noun

A forceful and confident style that is intended to be very powerful and impressive, but may not have much real meaning or effect

Usage examples:

She expressed loathing for the dictator's propaganda and bombast., as a composer he knew that a fil…

verb

Say something in a boastful manner.

Usage examples:

He bragged that he was sure of victory

noun

A gambling card game which is a simplified form of poker.

Usage examples:

Games of pontoon, brag, and poker

adjective

Excellent; first-rate.

Usage examples:

That was my brag heifer

noun

Excessively proud and boastful talk about one's achievements or possessions.

Usage examples:

She interrupted their endless bragging

adjective

Exhibiting or characterized by excessive pride or boastfulness.

Usage examples:

A competitive, bragging culture

verb

Say something in a boastful manner.

Usage examples:

He bragged that he was sure of victory

noun

A bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate.

Usage examples:

He possesses none of the classic wheeler-dealer's casual bravado

noun

A show of bravery, esp. when unnecessary and dangerous, to make people admire you

noun

The loud, harsh cry of a donkey or mule.

Usage examples:

The mule uttered its insane bray

verb

(of a donkey or mule) utter a bray.

Usage examples:

The donkey brayed and kicked

verb

Pound or crush (something) to small pieces, typically with a pestle and mortar.

Usage examples:

The kernels of this fruit the arabs bray in a mortar

verb

Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).

Usage examples:

Her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school

verb

(in field hockey) start play with a bully.

Usage examples:

The match bullies off at 3 p.m.

noun

A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.

Usage examples:

He is a ranting, domineering bully

noun

The quality of being unpleasantly confident

Usage examples:

She's a high achiever with a streak of bumptiousness., he has the bumptiousness of his father.

noun

A large bird with mostly glossy black plumage, a heavy bill, and a raucous voice.

Usage examples:

He said the proliferation of corvids birds like grey crows, magpies and rooks could be directly lin…

verb

(of a cock) utter its characteristic loud cry.

Usage examples:

She was awakened in the mornings by cocks crowing

noun

The cry of a cock.

Usage examples:

Beware of the bark of a dog or crow of a cock at night, for they signify death.

adjective

Asserting one's will over another in an arrogant way.

Usage examples:

How can i do my job with a domineering boss yelling in my ear?

verb

Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.

Usage examples:

She doesn't domineer, preferring to lead by inspiration rather than by intimidation

noun

A sudden strong rush of wind.

Usage examples:

As the players went back on to the court there were incredibly strong gusts of wind blowing through…

verb

(of the wind) blow in gusts.

Usage examples:

The wind was gusting through the branches of the tree

adjective

Talking in a bullying way.

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A brusque, hectoring manner

verb

Talk to (someone) in a bullying way.

Usage examples:

She doesn't hector us about giving up things

noun

Behaviour that is unpleasantly proud and shows that the person expects to be obeyed

Usage examples:

He developed a reputation for imperiousness and grandiosity., underneath the imperiousness he was a…

verb

Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.

Usage examples:

She was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all

noun

A spell of ranting; a tirade.

Usage examples:

His rants against organized religion

noun

Lengthy, angry, and impassioned speech.

Usage examples:

At times, his rantings would become incoherent

adjective

Speaking at length in an angry and impassioned way.

Usage examples:

Ranting shock jocks

verb

Speak or shout at length in an angry, impassioned way.

Usage examples:

She was still ranting on about the unfairness of it all

noun

A full, deep, prolonged cry uttered by a lion or other large wild animal.

Usage examples:

She waited for the lion's roar

verb

(of a lion or other large wild animal) utter a full, deep, prolonged cry.

Usage examples:

We heard a lion roar

abbreviation

Right of admission reserved.

verb

Move with urgent haste.

Usage examples:

Oliver rushed after her

noun

A sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people.

Usage examples:

There was a rush for the door

noun

An erect, tufted marsh or waterside plant resembling a sedge or grass, with inconspicuous greenish or brownish flowers. widely distributed in temperate areas, some kinds are used for matting, chair seats, and baskets.

Usage examples:

Then the land went down, and there was marsh of rushes and willow and hazel.

noun

A violent disturbance of the atmosphere with strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

Usage examples:

These kinds of storms can produce rain, hail snow, thunder and lightning.

verb

Move angrily or forcefully in a specified direction.

Usage examples:

She burst into tears and stormed off

noun

An extreme weather condition with strong winds and heavy rain or snow

Usage examples:

The storm left over a foot of snow on the ground., the new rent regulations raised a storm of criti…

verb

Walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way.

Usage examples:

He swaggered along the corridor

noun

A very confident and arrogant or self-important gait or manner.

Usage examples:

They strolled around the camp with an exaggerated swagger

adjective

Denoting a coat or jacket cut with a loose flare from the shoulders.

verb

Walk or behave in a very confident and arrogant or self-important way.

Usage examples:

He swaggered along the corridor

adjective

Having a very confident and arrogant or self-important manner.

Usage examples:

A swaggering bully

verb

Present participle of swagger

Usage examples:

They swaggered into the room., a group of young men swaggered around outside the bar., his swaggeri…

adjective

Having a hostile or deliberately frightening quality or manner.

Usage examples:

Her mother had received a threatening letter

verb

State one's intention to take hostile action against (someone) in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

How dare you threaten me?

adjective

Expressing the possibility that something unwanted or unpleasant will happen

Usage examples:

Threatening skies meant a storm was coming., she received several threatening phone calls after her…

noun

A statement of an intention to inflict pain, injury, damage, or other hostile action on someone in retribution for something done or not done.

Usage examples:

Members of her family have received death threats

noun

A statement that someone will be hurt or harmed, esp. if the person does not do something in particular

Usage examples:

She was fired after making threats to her co-workers., [ u ] a threat of rain is in today’s forecas…

noun

A loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air.

Usage examples:

There was a crash of thunder

verb

Thunder sounds.

Usage examples:

It began to thunder

noun

The sudden, loud noise that comes after a flash of lightning

Usage examples:

A clap of thunder, the sky grew dark and it started to thunder., the horses thundered past (= moved…

adjective

Making a resounding, loud, deep noise.

Usage examples:

Thundering waterfalls

verb

Thunder sounds.

Usage examples:

It began to thunder

noun

A very loud, deep noise

Usage examples:

We could hear the thundering of the guns all night., i felt the thundering of hooves and then saw k…

verb

Boast about or praise (something), especially excessively.

Usage examples:

He was initially vaunted by the west for his leadership of the country

noun

A boast.

verb

To speak proudly about or praise something, especially in a way that is more than acceptable or reasonable

Usage examples:

The local people like to vaunt the glories of their faded past.