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blustery (adj.)

1739, "noisy, swaggering," of persons; 1774, "rough, stormy," of weather; from bluster (n.) + -y (2). Blustering is from 1510s as "stormy, tempestuous;" 1650s as "boastful, swaggering." Shakespeare used blusterous.

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Definitions of blustery from WordNet

blustery (adj.)
blowing in violent and abrupt bursts;
a cold blustery day
Synonyms: blustering / blusterous
blustery (adj.)
noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others;
Synonyms: bullying
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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