Bluster

Blus·ter

Bluster

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Blustering

  1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.
    And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering round.
  2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage.
    Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants.

Bluster

v. t.
  1. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.
    He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy.
    — Sir T. More.
    As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands.

Bluster

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