blustery
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˈblʌstəri/
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ventoso
- The morning had been overcast and blustery, with spatters of cold rain, but at noon the clouds broke.
- a blustery day
It is so blustery, rainy, gorgeous outside.
- It is so blustery, rainy, gorgeous outside.
- And what are we going to do on this rainy, cold, blustery Sunday?
- It is a cold, blustery spring day, but you cannot tell asparagus when it's time to come up because it'll come up when it's ready.
- The rivers that call them, dragging them off, blustery across the immense Pacific that the winds brought up.
Examples
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It's an overcast, blustery day.
Fiction book (1998) -
The morning was blustery, and it felt like there might be snow.
Fiction book (2002) -
And what are we going to do on this rainy, cold, blustery Sunday?
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Look what the cold and blustery wind blew in.
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Despite a blustery day, the entire population of the city seemed to have turned out for the dedication.
Fiction book (1996) -
I stepped out of the archive into a blustery November day.
Fiction book (1997) -
We have had a few blustery days here on the Prairies, and it's still raining!
Blog text (24) -
Howdy, down here in SE FL it's raining and the wind is blustery.
Blog text (16) -
The weather was especially blustery during our hike, making it hard to keep our balance.
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On blustery days, it's best to wear a windbreaker to stay warm and dry.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having a lot of strong moving air outdoors
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3.4
A wind that blows in sudden strong bursts
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6.0
Strong wind that blows in sudden loud gusts
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5.2
The weather has strong wind that moves things like leaves or umbrellas
Very strong, noisy wind that blows in sudden bursts
Antonyms
How Gusty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blustery comes from bluster, a word that sounds like a loud blast or a sudden 'blow' of wind; imagine noisy gusts that rush about and knock things down, which is why blustery means very windy and gusty.