I bluster as though I know what I am doing.
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Bluster
//ˈblʌs.tɚ//
Synonyms for "bluster" (223 found)
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pissed offpuffpufferyracketrageragingraise cainraise hellraise the devilraise the roofrantrant and raveraveravingrestlessnessrhetoricroarrodomontaderoilroisterrollickroutrowruckusrufflerumpusseetheseethingset inshow offsidesimmersizzleslangsmokesmoldersoundspeak for buncombespluttersputtersquallstewstirstormstorminessstormingstrutswaggeringswashbuckleswirlsystematically terrorizetake ontalktalk bigtempestuousnessterrorizethreatenthrow a fitto doto-dotrepidationtrepiditytumulttumultuationtumultuousnessturbidityturbulenceturmoiltwitteruneaseunrestuproarupsetvanityvaporvauntvaunteryvauntingwaftwhiffwhifflewildnesszealzealousness
Noun(2 words)
Verb(5 words)
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10 entriesTranslations
101 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- порив noun (gust of wind)
- самохвалство noun (pompous, officious talk)
- бушувам verb (to blow in strong or sudden gusts)
- вилнея verb (to blow in strong or sudden gusts)
Czech
4 entries- chvástání noun (pompous, officious talk)
- hukot noun (gust of wind)
- kravál noun (fitful noise and violence)
- vztekání se noun (fitful noise and violence)
Dutch
3 entries- bulder noun (fitful noise and violence)
- gebral noun (pompous, officious talk)
- gebulder noun (fitful noise and violence)
Finnish
4 entries- mahtailu noun (pompous, officious talk)
- puuska noun (gust of wind)
- tuulenpuuska noun (gust of wind)
- mahtailla verb (to speak or protest loudly)
German
4 entries- Aufblasen noun (pompous, officious talk)
- Aufplustern noun (pompous, officious talk)
- Bombast noun (pompous, officious talk)
- Böe noun (gust of wind)
Italian
1 entries- sbruffoneria noun (pompous, officious talk)
Macedonian
2 entries- бу́чи verb (to blow in strong or sudden gusts)
- за́вива verb (to blow in strong or sudden gusts)
Māori
4 entries- pūrekereke noun (gust of wind)
- whakatūpehupehu noun (fitful noise and violence)
- ngangana verb (to speak or protest loudly)
- rūtā verb (to speak or protest loudly)
Norwegian
4 entries- bråk noun (fitful noise and violence)
- raseri noun (fitful noise and violence)
- tomme trusler noun (pompous, officious talk)
- uforskammet mas noun (pompous, officious talk)
Quechua
1 entries- phiñay verb (to speak or protest loudly)
Russian
2 entries- бушева́ть verb (to blow in strong or sudden gusts)
- реве́ть verb (to blow in strong or sudden gusts)
Scots
2 entries- blouster noun (gust of wind)
- blouster verb (to blow in strong or sudden gusts)
Scottish Gaelic
4 entries- bagairt noun (pompous, officious talk)
- bagradh noun (pompous, officious talk)
- beucadh noun (gust of wind)
- bòilich noun (pompous, officious talk)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- praznoslovlje noun (pompous, officious talk)
Spanish
4 entries- bravatas noun (pompous, officious talk)
- bravuconadas noun (pompous, officious talk)
- bravuconerías noun (pompous, officious talk)
- fanfarronadas noun (pompous, officious talk)
Welsh
4 entries- balchder noun (pompous, officious talk)
- broch noun (fitful noise and violence)
- brol noun (pompous, officious talk)
- dadwrdd noun (fitful noise and violence)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
If you take away all the geopolitical bluster between India and Pakistan, you can still see how much these two nations have in common. I personally am fascinated and love both of them. I even wish they never split.
Source: tatoeba (11157333)
They’re just bluff and bluster.
Source: tatoeba (12743647)
Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
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