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Grammar : Verb
Spell : bluhs-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblʌs tər



Definition of blustering

Origin :
  • late 14c., from a Low German source, e.g. Middle Low German blüstren "to blow violently," East Frisian blüstern "to bluster" (see blow (v.1)). Related: Blustered; blustering.
  • verb bully, intimidate
Example sentences :
  • Burke broke in impatiently, with his blustering fashion of address.
  • Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
  • He felt suddenly young and futile; his just rage turned to blustering in his ears.
  • Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Not blustering, you know, but firm and confident in ourselves.'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • Twas very dark and blustering and dismally cold at that time.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • I wondered in what harbor he lay, in the blustering night, or off what coast he tossed.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • Within, was light and cheer; without, A blustering winter's right.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • It was at the end of a blustering day, with the night falling thick.
  • Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
  • He was still bristling and blustering, as if all the maids were remarking him.
  • Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
  • Old John had been a Tartar, a blustering baron of the timberlands.
  • Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
  • Some very cold, blustering days he will probably not leave his retreat at all.
  • Extract from : « The Wit of a Duck and Other Papers » by John Burroughs

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