abluster

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UK/əˈblʌs.tə/US/əˈblʌs.tɚ/

adverb

With bluster; loudly or ostentatiously.

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Meanings

adverbabluster (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWith bluster; loudly or ostentatiously.

    S'bin a treat, t'see him stalled abluster by Coxen.

    2020, Gilbert and Valerie Lewthwaite, Mari's Way, page 165
    2 more examples

    "Cer—" began Hunnewell, and then leaped to his feet, all abluster with temper and uncertainty.

    2020, Ernest Haycox, August Nemo, Essential Novelists - Ernest Haycox

    Frasham entered the café with great strides all abluster, making the tiny bell spring on its gantry above the door.

    2021, Eley Williams, The Liar's Dictionary

Origin

From a- + bluster.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Albertusbluestarbalusterrustable
Cite this entry
APA

abluster. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abluster

MLA

“abluster.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abluster. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “abluster,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/abluster.

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