blustered
past simple and past participle ofbluster
bluster
verb[I]
uk/ˈblʌs.tər/us/ˈblʌs.tɚ/blusterverb[I](PERSON)
tospeakin aloud,angry, oroffendedway, usually with littleeffect:
[+ speech]"You had norightto do it, norightat all," he blustered.
Talking angrily
- bite
- bitesomeone'shead offidiom
- bite/snapsomeone'shead offidiom
- bluster
- dress
- dress down
- edge
- fling
- givesomeonea piece of your mindidiom
- harangue
- hue
- huff
- invective
- jump
- piece
- rant
- spit
- spit blood/venomidiom
- storm
- tongue-lashing
blusterverb[I](WIND)
If thewindblusters, itblowsstrongly:
Agalewas blustering around thehouse.
Wind & winds
- air pocket
- anemometer
- blast
- blowy
- breeze
- chinook
- dust devil
- jet stream
- leeward
- prevailing
- sigh
- sirocco
- sou'wester
- southwester
- squall
- stiff
- the Coriolis effect
- tornado
- weathercock
- westerly
Examplesofblustered
blustered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
They have temporised, wavered at home andblusteredabroad.
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Typically, heblusteredhis way through the climbdown, conveniently forgetting what had happened before.
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Heblusteredaway, but he has no alternative.
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When confronted with problems heblustered, cajoled, and criticized, but he would not do anything.
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