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blustered

blustered is the simple past and past participle of bluster.

Meaning of bluster

Verb

bluster (third-person singular simple present blusters, present participle blustering, simple past and past participle blustered)

  1. To speak or protest loudly.
    • When confronted by opposition his reaction was to bluster, which often cowed the meek.
  2. To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.
    • Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants.1774 April 19, Edmund Burke, Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq. on American Taxation, April 19, 1774, 2nd edition, London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], published 1775, →OCLC
  3. To blow in strong or sudden gusts (refers to winds).
    • And ever-threatening storms / Of Chaos blustering round.1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

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Questions about blustered

What is blustered the simple past and past participle of?
Blustered is the simple past and past participle of bluster.

Words near blustered in the dictionary

  1. blushy
  2. Blust
  3. bluster
  4. blusteration
  5. blusterations
  6. blustered
  7. blusterer
  8. blusterers
  9. blusterest
  10. blustereth
  11. blusterier

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