单词 | blustering |
释义 | blusteringn.1 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. ΘΚΠ 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 Obsolete. ΚΠ 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. 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). < n.1a1494n.21400adj.1513 |
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