blusterous
Windy and pompous
Blusterous describes weather or behavior that is loud, turbulent, and aggressively showy—like a blusterous wind or a blusterous politician.
The word is a rarer, more literary variant of blustery, carrying the same sense of noisy blowing and empty swagger: The blusterous sea captain threatened consequences he couldn't deliver.
Wildly agitated or volatile
- gustyMarked by sudden drafts
- squallyCharacterized by sudden gusts
- windsweptExposed to strong winds
- turbulentViolently agitated or disturbed
howling · wild · fierce · raging · roaring · billowing · whipping · buffeting
Excessively inflated language
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
- braggadociousExcessively self-praising
- vaingloriousBoastfully proud, ostentatiously so
braggart · grandiloquent · blowhard · loudmouth · self-important · arrogant · cocky · brash
tempestuous
Wildly agitated or volatile
turbulent · howling · wild · fierce · raging · roaring · billowing · whipping · buffeting · tumultuous
bombastic
Excessively inflated language
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- swaggeringOstentatiously self-assured manner
- braggadociousExcessively self-praising
vainglorious · braggart · grandiloquent · blowhard · loudmouth · self-important · arrogant · cocky · brash · overbearing
bluster, blustery, blustering, blusterer, blusterier, blusteriest