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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. t.
     To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering;
     to bully.
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           He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable
           blasphemy.                               --Sir T. More.
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           As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a
           perfect obedience to his commands.       --Fuller.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be
        windy and boisterous, as the weather.
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              And ever-threatening storms
              Of Chaos blustering round.            --Milton.
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     2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or
        boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to
        play the bully; to storm; to rage.
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              Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic
              tyrants.                              --Burke.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Bluster \Blus"ter\, n.
     1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds;
        boisterousness.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To the winds they set
              Their corners, when with bluster to confound
              Sea, air, and shore.                  --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful
        language. --L'Estrange.
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     Syn: Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion;
          boasting; swaggering; bullying.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. t.
     To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering;
     to bully.
  
           He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable
           blasphemy.                               --Sir T. More.
  
           As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a
           perfect obedience to his commands.       --Fuller.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bluster \Blus"ter\, n.
     1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds;
        boisterousness.
  
              To the winds they set Their corners, when with
              bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore. --Milton.
  
     2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful
        language. --L'Estrange.
  
     Syn: Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion;
          boasting; swaggering; bullying.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Bluster \Blus"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]
     1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be
        windy and boisterous, as the weather.
  
              And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering
              round.                                --Milton.
  
     2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or
        boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to
        play the bully; to storm; to rage.
  
              Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic
              tyrants.                              --Burke.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  bluster
       n 1: noisy confusion and turbulence; "he was awakened by the
            bluster of their preparations"
       2: a swaggering show of courage [syn: bravado]
       3: a violent gusty wind
       4: vain and empty boasting [syn: braggadocio, rodomontade,
          rhodomontade]
       v 1: blow hard; be gusty, as of wind; "A southeaster blustered
            onshore"; "The flames blustered"
       2: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag,
           gas, blow, vaunt, gasconade]
       3: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
          [syn: swagger, swash]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bluster
     n.
     pompous, officious talk.
     vb.
     1 To speak or protest loudly.
     2 To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  bluster
     n.
     pompous, officious talk.
     vb.
     1 To speak or protest loudly.
     2 To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  bluster
     n.
     pompous, officious talk.
     vb.
     1 To speak or protest loudly.
     2 To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  bluster
     n.
     pompous, officious talk.
     vb.
     1 To speak or protest loudly.
     2 To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  bluster
     Englanti n.
     uho, mahtailu, rehvastelu
     Englanti vb.
     uhota, mahtailla, rehvastella

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Bluster /blˈʌstə/
  التّهديد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  bluster //ˈblʌs.tə// //ˈblʌs.tɚ// 
  1. порив
  gust of wind
  2. самохвалство
  pompous, officious talk

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  bluster //ˈblʌs.tə// //ˈblʌs.tɚ// 
  бушувам, вилнея
  to blow in strong or sudden gusts

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/ 
  zuřit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/ 
  burácet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/
  povykovat

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/
  Getöse , Toben , Heulen 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/
  Wutgeschrei , Wutgeheul 
     Synonym: cries of rage
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/ 
  poltern, wettern 
           Note: Person
   see: blustering, blustered, blusters, blustered
  
           Note: of a person

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/ 
  toben, tosen, brausen 
           Note: Regen, Wind, Sturm
   see: blustering, blustered, blusters, blustered
  
           Note: of rain, wind, or storm

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/
  großes Geschrei , leere Drohungen 

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/
  
  λεονταρισμός

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  bluster //ˈblʌs.tə// //ˈblʌs.tɚ// 
  1. puuska, tuulenpuuska
  gust of wind
  2. mahtailu
  pompous, officious talk

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  bluster //ˈblʌs.tə// //ˈblʌs.tɚ// 
  1. ärhennellä
  to act or speak in a threatening manner
  2. tuulla puuskaisesti
  to blow in strong or sudden gusts
  3. mahtailla, uhota
  to speak or protest loudly

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/ 
  1. धमकाना
        "The union blustered the authority to end up the mismanagement."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/ 
  1. शेखीबाज
        "A bluster ends up making fool of himself."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/
  buka, samohvala, zavijanje bure

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/
  1. zaj
  2. robaj
  3. zúgás
  4. hetvenkedés
  5. nagyzolás
  6. hangoskodás
  7. kérkedés
  8. szájhôsködés
  9. hevesség
  10. lárma
  11. dühöngés
  12. féktelenség
  13. hencegés
  14. tombolás
  15. pofázás
  16. háryjánoskodás

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  bluster //ˈblʌs.tə// //ˈblʌs.tɚ// 
  1. bråk, raseri
  fitful noise and violence
  2. tomme trusler
  pompous, officious talk

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  bluster //ˈblʌs.tə// //ˈblʌs.tɚ// 
  1. rase
  to blow in strong or sudden gusts
  2. bruke seg, bråke
  to speak or protest loudly

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  bluster /ˈblʌstə/
  I.    rzucać się
  II.    podniecenie, rzucanie się

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  bluster /blˈʌstə/
  1. şiddet ve gürültüyle esmek (rüzgar)
  2. yüksek sesle tehdit savurmak
  3. patırtı etmek, yaygarayı basmak
  4. gürültü, yaygara
  5. yüksekten atma, martaval. blusterer  gürültücü kimse blusteringly  gnrultnyle blusterous  yaygaracı.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈbɫəstɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  198 Moby Thesaurus words for "bluster":
     agitation, bawl, be livid, be pissed, bellow, blast, blow,
     blow a hurricane, blow great guns, blow over, blow up, bludgeon,
     bluff, bluster and bluff, bluster out of, boast, boastfulness,
     boasting, bobbery, boil, boiling, bombast, bounce, brag,
     braggadocio, braggartism, bragging, bravado, brawl, breeze,
     breeze up, brew, broil, brouhaha, browbeat, browned off, bulldoze,
     bully, bullyrag, burn, bustle, cacophony, carry on, chafe, chaos,
     churn, clamor, come up, commotion, conceit, conturbation, cow,
     crow, demoralize, discomposure, disorder, disquiet, disquietude,
     disturbance, dragoon, draw the longbow, ebullition, embroilment,
     excitement, fanaticism, fanfaronade, ferment, fermentation, fever,
     feverishness, fidgets, flap, flourish, flurry, fluster,
     flutteration, foment, fomentation, foofaraw, frenzy, freshen, fret,
     fume, furor, furore, fury, fuss, gasconade, gasconism, gather,
     go on, grandiloquence, harangue, harass, have a conniption, hector,
     heroics, hot air, hubbub, huff, hurly-burly, inquietude,
     intimidate, jactation, jactitation, jitters, jumpiness, look big,
     maelstrom, malaise, moil, nerviness, nervosity, nervousness,
     out-herod Herod, pandemonium, passion, perturbation, pipe up,
     pissed off, puff, puffery, racket, rage, raging, raise Cain,
     raise hell, raise the devil, raise the roof, rant, rant and rave,
     rave, raving, restlessness, rodomontade, roil, roister, rollick,
     rout, row, ruckus, rumpus, seethe, seething, set in, show off,
     side, simmer, sizzle, slang, smoke, smolder, speak for Buncombe,
     splutter, sputter, squall, stew, stir, storm, storminess, storming,
     strut, swagger, swaggering, swashbuckle, swirl,
     systematically terrorize, take on, talk big, tempestuousness,
     terrorize, threaten, throw a fit, to-do, trepidation, trepidity,
     tumult, tumultuation, tumultuousness, turbidity, turbulence,
     turmoil, twitter, unease, unrest, uproar, upset, vanity, vapor,
     vaunt, vauntery, vaunting, waft, whiff, whiffle, wildness, zeal,
     zealousness
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 狂吹,咆哮而言,夸口;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 风狂吹,咆哮,汹涌
     vi. 咆哮,恐吓
     n. 狂风声,巨浪声,夸口,大话

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