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blustering

noun, adjective, verb

blustering is spelled B-L-U-S-T-E-R-I-N-G: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, blustering means “A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of blustering is blusterings.

How many letters and syllables are in blustering?

Letters10: B-L-U-S-T-E-R-I-N-G
Syllables3 (from its American pronunciation)
In writingabout once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is blustering?

Blustering appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce blustering?

    Blustering has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Forms of blustering

    • blusterings plural
    • more blustering comparative
    • most blustering superlative

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    What does blustering mean?

    The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

    noun

    1. 1

      A noisy blowing, as of a blast of wind.

    2. 2

      Swaggering; braggartry; noisy pretension.

    adjective

    1. 1

      Engaged in or involving the process of blustering, speaking or protesting loudly.

    2. 2

      Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.

    3. 3

      Very windy; (of wind) blowing very strongly, blustery.

    verb

    1. 1

      present participle and gerund of bluster (a form of bluster)

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

    Where does blustering come from?

    By surface analysis, bluster + -ing.

    Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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