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abluster

UK/əˈblʌs.tə/US/əˈblʌs.tɚ/

abluster adverb: with bluster; loudly or ostentatiously.

Adverb

abluster (not comparable)

  1. With bluster; loudly or ostentatiously.
    • "Cer—" began Hunnewell, and then leaped to his feet, all abluster with temper and uncertainty.2020, Ernest Haycox, August Nemo, Essential Novelists - Ernest Haycox
    • S'bin a treat, t'see him stalled abluster by Coxen.2020, Gilbert and Valerie Lewthwaite, Mari's Way, page 165

Origin of abluster

From a- + bluster.

Questions about abluster

What does abluster mean?
Abluster means with bluster; loudly or ostentatiously.
What part of speech is abluster?
Abluster is an adverb.
How do you pronounce abluster?
Abluster is pronounced /əˈblʌs.tə/ (UK).

Words near abluster in the dictionary

  1. ablumenal
  2. abluminal
  3. abluminally
  4. ablur
  5. ablush
  6. abluster
  7. ablute
  8. abluted
  9. ablutes
  10. abluting
  11. ablution

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