blusterous
Definition
- Adjective:
- Characterized by strong, noisy, and often violent wind or speech. Describes something that is blowing or occurring with loud, boastful, or aggressive force.
Usage
The adjective blusterous is used to describe weather conditions involving loud, violent, and gusty winds. It can also describe a person's manner of speaking that is loud, boastful, and domineering. It is a somewhat literary synonym for "blustery."
Examples
Describing Weather:
- The sailors struggled against the blusterous gale.
- We postponed our hike due to the blusterous conditions on the ridge.
Describing Speech or Manner:
- His blusterous promises failed to convince the experienced committee.
- She cut through his blusterous rant with a single, calm question.
Advanced Usage
- Figurative Use: Can be applied to non-physical things that are perceived as aggressively noisy or overwhelming.
- The blusterous rhetoric of the debate left little room for substantive discussion.
Variants and Related Words
Bluster (verb/noun): To talk or act in a noisy, boastful, or threatening way; or the sound of such talk or of a violent wind.
- He tends to bluster when he's nervous.
- The bluster of the storm kept us awake.
Blustery (adjective): The more common synonym for blusterous, especially regarding weather.
- It was a wet and blustery afternoon.
Blustering (adjective/participle): Acting or blowing in a blusterous way.
- The blustering wind shook the windows.
Synonyms
- Stormy: Characterized by strong winds and usually rain or snow.
- Gusty: Characterized by or blowing in sudden, strong rushes of wind.
- Boisterous: Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; or (of weather or water) wild and stormy.
- Bombastic: High-sounding but with little meaning; inflated (primarily for speech).
Antonyms
- Calm: (of weather) pleasantly free from wind.
- Placid: Not easily upset or excited; calm and peaceful.
- Serene: Calm, peaceful, and untroubled.
- Quiet: Making little or no noise.
Adjective
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blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
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blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia
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a cold blustery day
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a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind
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