Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: blustering
IPA transcription: [bl'ʌstɚɪŋ]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: blustering(a), blusterous, blustery
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • Blustering desire for publicity
  • "Can your horse do it, or can't he?" said the blustering man.
  • He was always blustering, you could never do enough for him no how.
  • Your blustering here this afternoon can hardly conceal the fact of your failure,—your inability to keep a promise.
  • For when they were returning from the games over Pelias dead he slew them in sea-girt Tenos and heaped the earth round them, and placed two columns above, one of which, a great marvel for men to see, moves at the breath of the blustering north wind.