Antonyms for bluster
ˈblʌs tərblus·ter

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1. blusternoun

   Synonyms:
   bombast

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1. bluster

   Synonyms:
   storm, rage, puff, insult, blow, swagger, fume, brag

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1. • Blow
   • Confusion
   • Gust

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1. blusternoun

   noisy confusion and turbulence

   "he was awakened by the bluster of their preparations"

   Synonyms:
   braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

2. bravado, blusternoun

   a swaggering show of courage

   Synonyms:
   braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

3. blusternoun

   a violent gusty wind

   Synonyms:
   braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

4. braggadocio, bluster, rodomontade, rhodomontadeverb

   vain and empty boasting

   Synonyms:
   braggadocio, rodomontade, bravado, rhodomontade

5. blusterverb

   blow hard; be gusty, as of wind

   "A southeaster blustered onshore"; "The flames blustered"

   Synonyms:
   brag, boast, shoot a line, swash, gas, vaunt, blow, tout, swagger, gasconade

6. boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconadeverb

   show off

   Synonyms:
   swash, gasconade, botch, splatter, bungle, muck up, splash, mishandle, bumble, botch up, brag, blow, burn out, flub, suck, waste, fumble, shove off, fellate, muff, ball up, sport, bollocks, mess up, feature, louse up, bollocks up, float, gas, bollix, plash, vaunt, screw up, spoil, tout, shoot a line, go down on, swagger, foul up, fluff, blow out, drift, bobble, be adrift, shove along, bollix up, squander, splosh, boast, bodge, spatter

7. swagger, bluster, swashverb

   act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner

   Synonyms:
   ruffle, tittup, sashay, swash, gas, splatter, swagger, vaunt, cock, gasconade, browbeat, splosh, tout, plash, strut, prance, spatter, blow, brag, bully, boast, splash, shoot a line

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1. blusternoun

   Synonyms:
   swaggering, gasconade, boasting, wind, storm

2. blusterverb

   Synonyms:
   swagger, storm, rage, gasconade, roister

How to use bluster in a sentence?

1. President Barack Obama:

   We're not going to build progress with a bunch of phony tough talk and bluster and over-the-top claims, that just play into ISIL's hands.

2. Ashoka Mody:

   Pulling the plug on Greece would have potentially catastrophic consequences, the ECB's threats are completely empty. Despite all the bluster, it has no choice. The ECB has to ask itself how it can stabilize the financial system, not undermine it.

3. Sebastian Gorka:

   The real estate mogul from New York is a lot of bluster, a lot of loud things to do with waterboarding, etc.

4. White House spokesman Eric Schultz:

   This is not the first time that Republicans have come out with a lot of bluster, only to have reality ultimately sink in, at each pass, they took a hard line. They tried to play politics. But ultimately, they were not able to back up their threats.

5. Hillary Clinton:

   He has been engaging in bigotry and bluster and bullying and I think when it comes to understanding what he would do as president, there are serious questions that have been raised, and this campaign should he be the nominee will have to address them.

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