blustery
/ˈblʌstəɹi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.47 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts.
adj
Accompanied by strong wind.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "He 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."
- "Today is such a cold blustery day!"
- "[…] blustery winters with little snow, when the whole country is stripped bare and gray as sheet-iron."
- "In the small hours of a blustery October morning in a south Devon coastal town that seemed to have been deserted by its inhabitants, Magnus Pym got out of his elderly country taxicab and, having paid the driver and waited till he had left, struck out across the church square."
Etymology
Etymology tree English bluster Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blustery From bluster + -y.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈblʌstəɹi/
Inflected Forms
more blustery (comparative)
most blustery (superlative)