blustered
Spoke with bluster
Blustered is the past tense of bluster, meaning to speak or act with noisy, empty aggression.
Someone who blustered made loud threats or boasts without substance behind them: He blustered about taking legal action but never followed through.
Weather that blustered blew in violent, turbulent gusts.
Spoke angrily, at length
- ravedSpoke with wild enthusiasm
- stormedRushed in forcefully
- fumedBurned with silent anger
- thunderedMade deep rumbling sound
roared · bellowed · sputtered · huffed · raged · fulminated · exploded · erupted
Spoke boastfully
- swaggeredWalked with bold arrogance
- crowedBoasted or cried triumphantly
- boastedSpoke with excessive pride
- grandstandedActed to impress spectators
preened · strutted · puffed · exaggerated · bluffed · postured · showed off · talked big
Blew in bursts
- howledUttered prolonged cry
- roaredMade loud, deep sound
- whippedStruck repeatedly, or defeated
- ragedExpressed violent emotion
buffeted · blew · swirled · billowed · whistled · gale · squall · tempest
Repeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- browbeatIntimidate through pressure
- hectoredPersistently intimidated verbally
- badgeredPersistently pressured someone
menaced · strong-armed · pressured · coerced · domineered · pushed around · steamrolled · railroaded
ranted
Spoke angrily, at length
thundered · roared · bellowed · sputtered · huffed · raged · fulminated · exploded · erupted · vented
bragged
Spoke boastfully
- swaggeredWalked with bold arrogance
- crowedBoasted or cried triumphantly
- boastedSpoke with excessive pride
grandstanded · preened · strutted · puffed · exaggerated · bluffed · postured · showed off · talked big · gloated
gusted
Blew in bursts
raged · buffeted · blew · swirled · billowed · whistled · gale · squall · tempest · storm
bullied
Repeatedly mistreated by aggressors
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- browbeatIntimidate through pressure
- hectoredPersistently intimidated verbally
badgered · menaced · strong-armed · pressured · coerced · domineered · pushed around · steamrolled · railroaded · cowed
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