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present participle of bluster.

blustering

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blowy adj.
bluff adj.
bullying adj.
furious adj.
gusty adj.
loud adj.
loudmouthed adj.
raging adj.
rampant adj.
roaring adj.
roiled adj.
roily adj.
rough adj.
rough-and-tumble adj.
stormy adj.
tempestuous adj.
turbulent adj.
wild adj.
windy adj.

ADJECTIVE

blowy

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blowing blustery breezy gusty squally windy

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bluff

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blunt brief direct frank open rough short tart

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barefaced bearish breviloquent brusque candid crusty curt downright forthright gruff hearty honest laconic no-nonsense outspoken plain-spoken rude short-spoken sincere snippety snippy straightforward tactless terse unceremonious

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courteous devious dishonest lengthy long polite

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bullying

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imperious

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hectoring swaggering

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despotic

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furious

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agitated fierce intense intensified raging vehement violent

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blustery boisterous concentrated excessive exquisite extreme flaming impetuous rampageous rough savage tempestuous terrible tumultuous ungovernable unrestrained vicious wild

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calm gentle mild moderate peaceful

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cheerful elated excited exhilarated happy pleased quiet

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gusty

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blustery breezy stormy

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airy blowy hearty robust squally tempestuous

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calm still

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quiet

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loud

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big boisterous deafening emphatic heavy intense lusty powerful rambunctious raucous resounding ringing roaring rowdy strident strong thundering vehement vociferous

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forte

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blatant booming cacophonous clamorous crashing deep ear-piercing ear-splitting full full-mouthed fulminating high-sounding loud-voiced obstreperous pealing piercing resonant sonorous stentorian tumultuous turbulent turned up uproarious wakes the dead

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calm dull indistinct insignificant little low mild moderate quiet restrained shy silent small soft unhealthy unimportant weak

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inaudible inoffensive subdued tasteful

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loudmouthed

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bellowing big-voiced bigmouthed boisterous full-throated obnoxious vociferous

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raging

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enraged furious seething stormy turbulent

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bent fuming incensed infuriated raving rough

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angry at boiling point bent out of shape beside oneself blowing a gasket blowing one's top blustery boiling mad boiling over fit to be tied frenzied going ape irate mad as a hornet rabid ranting and raving raving mad seeing red tempestuous throwing a fit wild

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calm mild moderate

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delighted giddy gleeful happy

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rampant

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excessive flagrant growing prevalent raging rife runaway spreading unbridled unchecked uncontrollable unhindered unrestrained wanton

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aggressive clamorous dominant epidemic exceeding bounds extravagant exuberant fanatical furious impetuous impulsive luxuriant out of control out of hand outrageous pandemic pervasive predominant profuse rampaging rank ungovernable widespread wild

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gentle mild moderate moral restrained

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checked controlled limited

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roaring

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boisterous booming clamorous crashing deafening earsplitting raucous resounding ringing rowdy thundering tumultuous turbulent

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blaring deep forte full fulminating heavy pealing piercing

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big blatant cacophonous ear-piercing ear-splitting emphatic full-mouthed high-sounding intense loud-voiced lusty obstreperous powerful rambunctious resonant sonorous stentorian strident strong turned up uproarious vehement vociferous wakes the dead

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calm moderate quiet restrained

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light soft trivial

ADJECTIVE

roiled

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agitated buffeting dirty dry grating jarring raging rasping

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blustery boisterous cacophonous choppy coarse discordant furious gruff harsh heavy hoarse husky inclement inharmonious raucous roily rugged squally stormy stridulent tempestuous tumultuous turbulent ugly unmusical violent wild

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roily

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agitated blustery boisterous buffeting cacophonous choppy coarse dirty discordant dry furious grating gruff harsh heavy hoarse husky inclement inharmonious jarring raging rasping raucous roiled rugged squally stormy stridulent tempestuous tumultuous turbulent ugly unmusical violent wild

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rough

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choppy coarse dry harsh rugged turbulent

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agitated buffeting grating husky jarring raging rasping wild

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blustery boisterous cacophonous discordant furious gruff hoarse inclement inharmonious raucous squally stridulent tempestuous tumultuous unmusical

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calm courteous easy gentle mild moderate nice polite refined smooth soft sophisticated

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accurate complete definite even level polished precise regular temperate

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rough-and-tumble

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disorderly rough rugged strenuous tempestuous turbulent

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buffeting dry grating husky knockabout rasping tough wild

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agitated blustery boisterous cacophonous choppy coarse discordant furious gruff harsh hoarse inclement inharmonious jarring raging raucous squally stridulent tumultuous unmusical

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calm easy facile gentle mild moderate

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controllable delicate

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stormy

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bitter blustery damp frigid murky rainy tempestuous torrid turbulent violent wet windy

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blowy boisterous cold coming down dirty foul furious gusty howling menacing pouring raging raining cats and dogs riproaring roaring savage squally stormful storming threatening wild

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calm dry gentle mild moderate

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clear clement

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tempestuous

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heated impassioned passionate turbulent

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agitated blustery boisterous breezy coarse emotional excited feverish furious gusty hysterical intense raging rough rugged squally storming stormy tumultuous unbridled uncontrolled unrestrained violent wild windy

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apathetic calm cool indifferent unexcited

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gentle mild moderate

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turbulent

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bitter bumpy choppy fierce rough stormy swirling tempestuous unstable violent

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agitated blustery boiling coarse confused destructive disordered disturbed foaming furious howling inclement moiling noisy restless riotous roaring ruffled rugged stirred up stormful storming thunderous tremulous tumultuous wild

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calm gentle kind mild moderate nice peaceful smooth

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manageable obedient settled stable

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wild

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howling rough

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blustery choppy disturbed furious inclement raging storming tempestuous turbulent violent

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calm gentle mild moderate

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windy

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blustery boisterous brisk gusty stormy windswept

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airy blowing blowy drafty fresh raw squally tempestuous wild

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calm quiet

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uncommunicative unresponsive

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Max Frumes and Sujeet Indap sketch the shifting alliances and blustering personalities that made this one of the most notorious Chapter 11 cases of the 21st century.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 27, 2026

Students treat institutional rituals as a farce and openly mock their principal - calling him Yamdoot after the Hindu god of death - a blustering figure who addresses them as "My dear donkey".

From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026

Forecasters issued dire warnings about trying to drive through blustering winds and whiteout conditions, and Yosemite National Park was closed.

From New York Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

Gleason played the blustering bus driver Ralph Kramden.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 14, 2024

He was a blustering, intrepid bully who brooded inconsolably over the terrible ineradicable impressions he knew he kept making on people of prominence who were scarcely aware that he was even alive.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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