bluster

noun

1. noisy confusion and turbulence

- he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations

Definition categories: state, confusion

2. a swaggering show of courage

Similar word(s): bravado

Definition categories: communication, fanfare, flash, ostentation

3. a violent gusty wind

Definition categories: phenomenon, blast, blow, gust

4. vain and empty boasting

Similar word(s): braggadocio, rhodomontade, rodomontade

Definition categories: communication, boast, boasting, jactitation

verb

1. blow hard; be gusty, as of wind

- A southeaster blustered onshore

- The flames blustered

Definition categories: weather, blow

2. show off

Similar word(s): blow, boast, brag, gas, gasconade, swash, tout, vaunt

Definition categories: communication, amplify, exaggerate, hyperbolise, hyperbolize, magnify, overdraw, overstate

3. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

Similar word(s): swagger, swash

Definition categories: body, act, behave, do