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. Adam Schiff:

   The wrecking ball it created now has banged into our British allies and our German allies, it's continuing to grow in terms of damage, and he needs to put an end to this, now maybe this is the way he conducted his real estate business, with half-truths and sometimes no-truths and a lot of bluster. That, in my opinion, is no way to run a business. But it's an even worse way to run a country.

2. Kate Klonick:

   A lot of the executive order is bluster.

3. Philip Yun:

   The threat here is, to me right now, it's a lot of bluster, for them to deliver on a threat, they have to have intent and they have to have capability. And quite frankly, I don't think they have both.

4. Wasserman Schultz:

   What we didn't hear is what Trump will do to keep jobs, he has no new plans, only bluster, fear and chaos. America is better than this.

5. Nathan Thrall:

   Even Netanyahu's main rivals believe that any Palestinian entity that is established in the West Bank should be completely encircled by Israel, having no border with Jordan, the annexation plan shouldn't be dismissed as election bluster. If reelected, Netanyahu will be under tremendous pressure to implement it.

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