blustery
Collocations
5ADJ.
bright, cold, hot
VERB + BLUSTERY
leave, sound
BLUSTERY + NOUN
conditions, lake, showers
PREP.
from, in
ADV.
currently
Definitions
adj
Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts.
Currently, there are blustery winds blowing in Patagonia.
Fortunately, that May morning was bright and sunny; the breeze blew warm from the southland instead of cold and blustery from the lake, and it was the very best kind of a morning possible for being out of doors.
Accompanied by strong wind.
Today is such a cold blustery day!
[…] blustery winters with little snow, when the whole country is stripped bare and gray as sheet-iron.
Pompous or arrogant, especially in one's speech; given to outbursts.
Duke Wilhelm […] seems to have been of a headlong, blustery, uncertain disposition; much tossed about in the controversies of his day.
He talks in a rather loud, blustery way and has a nervous, irritable manner.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — blowing in violent and abrupt bursts
adjective — noisily domineering
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6Currently, there are blustery winds blowing in Patagonia.
WiktionaryFortunately, that May morning was bright and sunny; the breeze blew warm from the southland instead of cold and blustery from the lake, and it was the very best kind of a morning possible for being ou
WiktionaryHe wished fleetingly that he could once more be out in the open, as when he was a boy—never in the house, but the sound of the blustery wind frightened him.
WiktionaryHot and blustery conditions will exacerbate the risk of fire tomorrow.
Tatoeba · #4736078The weather was bright and blustery.
Tatoeba · #10206165Rain will clear to leave sunshine and blustery showers.
Tatoeba · #10520394