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bluster
1. noisy confusion and turbulence (Freq. 2) - he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations • Hypernyms: confusion 2. a swaggering show of courage (Freq. 1) • Syn: bravado • Hypernyms: ostentation, fanfare, flash 3. a violent gusty wind • Derivationally related forms: blustery, blusterous • Hypernyms: gust, blast, blow 4. vain and empty boasting • Syn: braggadocio, rodomontade, rhodomontade • Hypernyms: boast, boasting, self-praise, jactitation
1. blow hard; be gusty, as of wind (Freq. 1) - A southeaster blustered onshore - The flames blustered • Hypernyms: blow • Verb Frames: - It is ----ing 2. show off (Freq. 1) • Syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, vaunt, gasconade • Derivationally related forms: gasconade (for: gasconade), vaunter (for: vaunt), vaunt (for: vaunt), blusterer, bragger (for: brag), braggart (for: brag), brag (for: brag), boast (for: boast), boaster (for: boast) • Hypernyms: overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyperbolise, magnify, amplify • Hyponyms: puff, gloat, triumph, crow • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP - Somebody ----s that CLAUSE - Somebody ----s to somebody 3. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner • Syn: swagger, swash • Derivationally related forms: blusterer, swaggerer (for: swagger) • Hypernyms: act, behave, do • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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