[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/blustering/)

[dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [B](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/b/) / blustering

# blustering

adjective; present participle of «bluster» (bluster, blusters, blustered, blustering)

«blustering» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Blustering means talking in a loud, boastful or angry way, often to hide that you are wrong or scared. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#m1)
2. Blustering wind is strong and gusty. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#m2)

### In the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows Toad is blustering when he boasts and argues, and his friends see through it. In stories, a blustering bully or king makes noise but has little real power. In weather, a blustering March wind blows hard in gusts.

### Examples

- Toad was blustering about his driving skill. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x1)
- The blustering wind banged the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x2)
- The blustering man shouted but did nothing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x3)
- Under his blustering, he was afraid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x4)
- A blustering March day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x5)
- «Nonsense!» said the Duke, blustering. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x6)
- To make matters worse, he seemed to be in a very bad temper, and came blustering and raging at the poor Princess. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x7)

### Note

Noun: bluster («all bluster» = all noise, no action). Adjective: blustery (of weather). Regular verb.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «blustering» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«blustering» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/blustering.html) on Mova free.