blustering

== English == === Etymology === By surface analysis, bluster +‎ -ing. === Noun === blustering (countable and uncountable, plural blusterings) A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind. Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension. === Adjective === blustering (comparative more blustering, superlative most blustering) Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly. Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing. Very windy; (of wind) blowing very strongly, blustery. 1640, George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; or, Outlandish Proverbs, Sentences, etc., in The Remains of that Sweet Singer of the Temple George Herbert, London: Pickering, 1841, p. 152,[7] A blustering night, a fair day. ==== Synonyms ==== swaggering, braggartry ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === blustering present participle and gerund of bluster