blustering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: blustering	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for blustering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
blustering adj blowing in violent and abrupt bursts; "blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind" Synonym(s): blustering(a), blusterous, blustery
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Blustering \Blus"tering\, a. 1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous. A tempest and a blustering* day. --Shak. 2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. [bd]A blustering fellow.[b8] --L'Estrange.
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.