bluster
bluster is a 7-letter English word with 12 senses as intransitive verb, transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- intransitive verb. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.
- intransitive verb. 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.
- transitive verb. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.
- noun. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.
- noun. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.
- noun. a swaggering show of courage
- noun. vain and empty boasting
- noun. a violent gusty wind
- noun. noisy confusion and turbulence
"he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations"
- verb. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
- verb. show off
- verb. blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
"A southeaster blustered onshore"
"The flames blustered"
Synonyms
bravado, braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade, swagger, swash, blow, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, tout, vaunt
Anagrams
Other playable words that use exactly the letters in bluster:
brustle, bustler, butlers, sturble, subtler
Common word forms
blusters, blustered, blusterer, blustering, blusterous
Words from these letters
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