blustering Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb blow hard; be gusty, as of wind
    bluster.
    • A southeaster blustered onshore
    • The flames blustered
  2. verb show off
    blow; boast; gasconade; gas; brag; tout; swash; bluster; shoot a line; vaunt.
  3. verb act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner
    swash; swagger; bluster.
  4. adjective satellite blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
    blustery; blusterous.
    • blustering (or blusterous) winds of Patagonia
    • a cold blustery day
    • a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind

WordNet

Blus"ter*ing adjective
Definitions
  1. Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous.
    A tempest and a blustering day. Shak.
  2. Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous. "A blustering fellow." L'Estrange.

Webster 1913