blustering

Thân thiện

The wind is blustering through the trees on a cold autumn day.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Characterized by strong, noisy, and often violent wind or weather.
   • Describing speech or behavior that is loud, boastful, domineering, or full of empty threats.

Usage

• As an adjective describing weather:
  • The blustering wind made it difficult to walk.
  • We took shelter from the blustering storm.
• As an adjective describing a person or their manner:
  • His blustering speech failed to convince the audience.
  • The manager's blustering tone intimidated the new employees.

Advanced Usage

• "Blustering" can be used to describe a force or phenomenon that is tumultuous and noisy, not just wind.
  • The blustering applause filled the concert hall.
• It can imply a lack of substance behind the noise or force.
  • His blustering promises turned out to be empty.

Variants and Related Words

• Bluster (verb/noun): To talk or act in a noisy, boastful, or threatening way; or the noise/behavior itself.
  • He tends to bluster when he's angry.
  • Her speech was full of empty bluster.
• Blusterous (adjective): Synonymous with , especially regarding weather.
  • We faced blusterous conditions at sea.
• Blustery (adjective): Describing weather characterized by strong, gusty winds.
  • It was a cold, blustery day.

Synonyms

• Boisterous: Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; or (of weather) wild and stormy.
• Gusty: Characterized by or blowing in gusts (sudden strong rushes of wind).
• Bombastic: High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated.
• Swaggering: Behaving in a very confident or arrogant manner.

Related Phrases

• Full of bluster: Describing someone who makes a lot of loud, empty threats or boasts.
  • The politician was full of bluster but short on details.
• Bluster one's way: To achieve something through loud, aggressive, or intimidating behavior.
  • He tried to bluster his way through the interview.

Idioms

• All bluster and no bite: Used to describe someone who makes loud threats but is not willing or able to carry them out.
  • Don't worry about his anger; he's all bluster and no bite.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. 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

Từ đồng nghĩa

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