Dictionary entry

Bluster (3)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Blus″ter, n. 1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.

To the winds they set

Their corners, when with bluster to confound

Sea, air, and shore.

Milton.

2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. L'Estrange.

Syn. — Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.