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BLUSTER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A swaggering show of courage

Synonyms:

bluster; bravado

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bluster" is a kind of...):

fanfare; flash; ostentation (a gaudy outward display)

Derivation:

bluster (show off)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Vain and empty boasting

Synonyms:

bluster; braggadocio; rhodomontade; rodomontade

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("bluster" is a kind of...):

boast; boasting; jactitation; self-praise (speaking of yourself in superlatives)

Derivation:

bluster (show off)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A violent gusty wind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("bluster" is a kind of...):

blast; blow; gust (a strong current of air)

Derivation:

bluster (blow hard; be gusty, as of wind)

blusterous; blustery (blowing in violent and abrupt bursts)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Noisy confusion and turbulence

Example:

he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("bluster" is a kind of...):

confusion (disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

Synonyms:

bluster; swagger; swash

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "bluster" is one way to...):

act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

blusterer (a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Show off

Synonyms:

blow; bluster; boast; brag; gas; gasconade; shoot a line; swash; tout; vaunt

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "bluster" is one way to...):

amplify; exaggerate; hyperbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "bluster"):

puff (speak in a blustering or scornful manner)

crow; gloat; triumph (dwell on with satisfaction)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s to somebody

Derivation:

bluster (a swaggering show of courage)

bluster (vain and empty boasting)

blusterer (a person who causes trouble by speaking indiscreetly)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Blow hard; be gusty, as of wind

Example:

The flames blustered

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "bluster" is one way to...):

blow (be blowing or storming)

Sentence frame:

It is ----ing

Derivation:

bluster (a violent gusty wind)

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