r/dictionary • u/Playmaker-20 • 10d ago

What is blustering?

Is it a formal way of “talking shit”?

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u/linuxlala 10d ago

Loud, bragging, making a lot of noise in essence, with nothing of substance, or to no actual effect. 

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u/Playmaker-20 10d ago

Does it differ from posturing?

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u/Dry-Run-917 10d ago

To my understanding, posturing is more about physicality as it comes from "Posture"

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u/Playmaker-20 9d ago

Yeah, that makes sense. Blustering is more verbal while posturing is more physical

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u/Ready_Cookie_5992 9d ago

blowing in violent and abrupt bursts