Synonym: blow, boast, brag, braggadocio, bravado, gas, gasconade, rhodomontade, rodomontade, shoot a line, swagger, swash, tout, vaunt. Similar words: cluster, fluster, flustered, lackluster, ouster, austere, austerity, filibuster. Meaning: ['blʌstə]
n. 1. noisy confusion and turbulence 2. a swaggering show of courage 3. a violent gusty wind 4. vain and empty boasting. v. 1. blow hard; be gusty, as of wind 2. show off 3. act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner.
31. We shall never be cowed by the bluster of reactionaries.
32. For now, however, much of China's recent bluster turned out to be self-defeating.
More similar words: cluster, fluster, flustered, lackluster, ouster, austere, austerity, filibuster, lust, wanderlust, lacklustre, illustrate, illustrious, illustration, busted, exhausted, sustenance, stern, fester, sister, mister, foster, oyster, master, poster, monster, cistern, eastern, mystery, booster.