blustery
/ˈblʌstəri
/adjective
1(Of weather) characterized by strong winds: a gusty, blustery day...
- Last night forecasters predicted that the blustery weather would continue, with hail and thunder a possibility.
- The weather was blustery with occasional showers.
- Only one of three fishermen who left Old Road Bay in a small fishing boat Monday in blustery weather with high gusting winds and heavy rain squalls has returned safely to the island.
1.1(Of a wind) blowing in strong gusts: a blustery wind was sending flurries of rain against the window...
- At half time in a game marred by a strong blustery wind blowing to the city end, North trailed by nine points.
- During the summer it was further out on the patio but I got worried that the it would get blown over in the blustery winds of winter and tucked it in between two pots for safety.
- The weekend's blustery winds have blown the cobwebs away and felled quite a few trees.
Synonyms
stormy, gusty, gusting, windy, squally, wild, rough, raging, tempestuous, turbulent, violent;
howling, roaring;
inclement, foul, filthy, dirty, nasty
informal blowy