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单词 blustering
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blusteringn.1

Etymology: Formed as bluster v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblustering.
1. Boisterous blowing of the wind; tempest.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [noun] > blowing > violently
blustering1530
bluster1582
hurling1582
scour1808
burly1876
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 199/1 Blustryng of wyndes, behovrdis.
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. viii. sig. Ll.iijv/1 Then soudeinly came a whirlewind wt a wonderfull storme and blustring.
2. figurative. Of a person: Raging, storming; violent or turbulent speech; noisy and windy talk; loud swaggering insolence.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun]
facing1481
blusteringa1494
flirdom?a1500
bravity1546
bravery1548
roistingc1560
bravado1583
roister-doisterdom1592
swash1593
swaggeringa1596
huffing1600
hufty1609
huff1611
brustling1622
hufty-tufty1633
bouncing1634
hectorism1672
huffiness1678
bluster1692
bounce1714
bravadoism1833
fanfaronading1837
bush1840
huffishness1841
swashbuckling1888
bucko1909
a1494 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (W. de W.) ii. xlv The soule dredeth no more the blustrynge of the fende, than þe stirynge of a mows.
1562 T. Cooper Answere Def. Truth f. 8v, in Apol. Priuate Masse Quietly and calmely, without stormyng or tempestuous blustering..at you.
1628 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. xxvi. sig. E11v His labour is meere blustring and furie.
1631 S. Jerome Arraignem. Whole Creature xviii. §1. 326 These tossings, tumblings, blusterings, bickerings..of the unruly passions.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 40. ¶5 Their Swelling and Blustring upon the Stage.
1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vi. v. 329 That thick murk of Journalism, with its dull blustering.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

blusteringn.2

Forms: 1500s blustering, 1500s blustringe.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bluster v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < bluster v. (compare bluster v. I.) + -ing suffix1.
Obsolete.
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1400–1560 Test. Love (1560) i. 273 b Truly in the blustering of her look she yave gladnesse and comfort suddainly to all my wits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

blusteringadj.

Etymology: Formed as bluster v. + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈblustering.
1. Blowing boisterously; stormy, tempestuous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > wind > [adjective] > blowing (of wind) > strongly or violently
blustering1513
whisking1545
skeltering1869
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. iii. 15 Ane blusterand [1553 blasterand] bub, out fra the northt braying.
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Dec. f. 50v His blustring blast eche coste doth scoure.
1633 G. Herbert Temple: Sacred Poems 90 While blustring windes destroy the wanton bowres.
1747 J. Hervey Medit. (1818) 134 If the..flowers should presume to come abroad in the blustering months.
1878 W. Black Green Pastures xviii. 143 These moist and blustering November days.
2. figurative. Tempestuous, stormy; turbulent.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > violent or tumultuous
woodc1100
wilda1250
stormya1340
tempestousc1374
tempestuous1447
raging1535
combustious1593
blustering1595
combustuous1611
tumultuous1667
tempestive1848
1595 L. Bryskett Mourning Muse Thestylis in E. Spenser Colin Clouts come Home sig. G4 Whose blustring sighes at first their sorrow did declare.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 503 The blustring and unsteddy state of all these earthly Kingdomes.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 149 Gods Spirit leads..not in a blustring and hurrying violence.
3. Violent in speech and demeanour; loud-talking, self-assertive, hectoring, boastful, swaggering.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [adjective]
termagant1546
roisterly1555
swashing1556
puffing1566
roisting1567
cocking1568
braving1579
huffling1582
kill-cow1589
roister-doistering1593
roister-doisterly1593
hufty-tufty1596
swaggering1596
huff-cap1597
sword-and-buckler1598
huffing1602
pyrgopolinizing1605
bold-beatinga1616
swash1635
swaga1640
blustering1652
bravashing1652
hectoring1664
hectorly1676
huffy1677
huff-snuff1693
swashbuckling1693
flustering1698
blustery1739
huffish1755
bravading1812
topping1815
Bobadilish1832
Bobadilian1837
fanfaronading1837
bucko1883
swashbucklering1884
swaggery1886
blokeish1920
blokey1938
1652 G. Wharton tr. J. Rothmann Κειρομαντία: Art of Divining Ded. 2 The Blustring noise of an Empty Title.
1770 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxviii. 83 Such..were the blustering promises.
1884 Sat. Rev. 14 June 766/2 A turbulent and blustering diplomatist.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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