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# blustering

«blustering» in Mova's school dictionary: **talking in a loud, boastful or angry way, often to hide…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective; present participle of «bluster» (bluster, blusters, blustered, blustering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Blustering means talking in a loud, boastful or angry way, often to hide that you are wrong or scared. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#m1)

2) Blustering wind is strong and gusty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In The Wind in the Willows Toad is blustering when he boasts and argues, and his friends see through it. In stories, a blustering bully or king makes noise but has little real power. In weather, a blustering March wind blows hard in gusts.

### examples

- Toad was blustering about his driving skill. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x1)
- The blustering wind banged the gate. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x2)
- The blustering man shouted but did nothing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x3)
- Under his blustering, he was afraid. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x4)
- A blustering March day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x5)
- «Nonsense!» said the Duke, blustering. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x6)
- To make matters worse, he seemed to be in a very bad temper, and came blustering and raging at the poor Princess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/#x7)

### note

Noun: bluster («all bluster» = all noise, no action). Adjective: blustery (of weather). Regular verb.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blustering» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blustering/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.