blusteriness
Stormy, blustery quality
Blusteriness is the quality of being blustery—windiness combined with noise and turbulence.
The word applies to weather marked by strong, gusty winds: The blusteriness of the November afternoon kept everyone indoors.
It can also describe loud, aggressive behavior that lacks substance.
Confident, boastful manner
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- bombastPretentious hollow language
- braggadocioVain, empty self-promotion
chest-thumping · machismo · pompousness · grandstanding · strutting · theatrics · showboating · puffery
Blowing in sudden bursts
- galeSevere sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- windinessState of being blustery
howling · whistling · turbulence · storminess · billowing · breezy · drafty · whipping
Warlike aggression
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
- truculenceFierce, sullen defiance
pugnacity · contentiousness · antagonism · quarrelsomeness · bullying · threatening · menacing · confrontational
swagger
Confident, boastful manner
- bluffingDeceiving about one's position
- posturingInsincere behavior for effect
- bombastPretentious hollow language
braggadocio · chest-thumping · machismo · pompousness · grandstanding · strutting · theatrics · showboating · puffery · empty threats
gusting
Blowing in sudden bursts
windiness · howling · whistling · turbulence · storminess · billowing · breezy · drafty · whipping · rawness
belligerence
Warlike aggression
- hostilityAntagonistic disposition toward others
- combativenessInclination toward conflict
- intimidationDeliberate fear-inducing pressure
truculence · pugnacity · contentiousness · antagonism · quarrelsomeness · bullying · threatening · menacing · confrontational · domineering
bluster, blustery, blustering, blustered, blusterer, blusterous, blusterers, blusterier