Antonyms for blustering
| 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
- 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
Synonyms for blustering
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