wuthering
/ˈwʌðərɪŋ/adjective chiefly Northern English
(Of weather) characterized by strong winds: it’s a wuthering day on the moors today the wuthering wind blows...
- An hour out in the wuthering wind and rain and sunshine would soon unravel any problems I had with writing.
- The purple heather, the blustering gales (or wuthering winds if you're an Emily Bronte fan) and the winding paths that encourage all day dalliance - what's not to love?
- The island is only a mile in circumference, but each corner brings a new wilderness - from sheltered, bouncing turf to wuthering plains, and a new sense of serenity and calm.
Origin
Early 16th century: from late Middle English whither, wuther 'rush, make a rushing sound', probably of Scandinavian origin.
- the corridors of power
- the Cotswolds
- the course of nature
- the Court Circular
- the Craft
- the cream of the crop
- the Creation
- the Creator
- the Creed
- the Crescent
- the Cross
- the Crown
- the Crucifixion
- the Curragh
- the cut of someone's jib
- the damage is done
- the dark ages
- the darkest hour is just before the dawn
- the dead heart (also the dead centre)
- the dead of night
- the dead of winter
- the dead ring of
- the deal
- the debit side
- the deep end