blustering

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

By surface analysis, bluster + -ing.

It was a blustering day, and the wind had taken and broken the dahlias. — A Room with a View, E. M. (Edward Morgan) Forster
It was a raw, blustering day, snow on the ground and a look in the sky of more to follow. — Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
Our arms, which were noiseless, could only produce a moderate effect on the savages, who have little respect for aught but blustering things. — Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Jules Verne

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