blowy

Examples

• All

• The darkness was soft and blowy and smelled of the hills.

  Fiction book (1990)

• The wind was so strong that it made the beach feel particularly blowy yesterday.

• It had turned into a pleasant and blowy afternoon.

  Fiction book (1990)

• They were harvesting now, on this fine, blowy evening.

  Fiction book (1990)

• A blowy autumn day.

  Fiction book (1996)

• In August, Ennis spent the whole night with Jack in the main camp, and in a blowy hailstorm, the sheep took off west and got among a herd in another allotment.

  Fiction book (2000)

• We decided to go kite flying on that blowy afternoon when the winds were perfect.

• On blowy days, the trees sway dramatically as the wind rushes through their branches.

Synonyms

W

windy

vsblowy

73 1.0

Having a lot of strong moving air outdoors

is the broader label covering both light breezes and strong winds

G

gusty

vsblowy

11 3.4

A wind that blows in sudden strong bursts

is steadier or more general rather than sudden bursts

W

windswept

vsblowy

9 4.9

Open to strong winds and often looking wild and empty

describes the weather itself rather than lasting place effects

B

breezy

vsblowy

8 1.3

A place or time with a light wind that makes you feel cool

can also mean stronger or abundant winds rather than light ones

B

blustery

vsblowy

7 4.4

Windy weather with strong gusts that make noise

is less noisy and can mean general or milder wind conditions

B

blustering

vsblowy

1 6.0

Strong wind that blows in sudden loud gusts

is less violent and may simply mean strong wind

B

blusterous

vsblowy

• Archaic

7.9

Very strong, noisy wind that blows in sudden bursts

is milder and not necessarily stormy or loud

Antonyms

S

still

∞ 1.0

Not moving or making a sound

C

calm

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

How Windy

gale

24 5.8

blustery

7 4.4

blowy

• UK

1 5.2

breezy

8 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology