blustery
pronunciation
How to pronounce blustery in British English:
UK [ˈblʌstəri]
How to pronounce blustery in American English:
US [ˈblʌstəri]
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- Adjective:
- blowing in loud and abrupt bursts
- noisily domineering; tending to browbeat others
Word Origin
- blustery (adj.)
- 1707, from bluster (n.) + -y (2). Blustering in this sense is recorded from 1510s.
Example
- 1. Winnie the pooh and the blustery day ?
- 2. The day was cold and blustery .
- 3. Mom cingled me at college on a blustery october day to tell me grandpa had died .
- 4. Outside it was a dull , wet , dreary , blustery autumn day .
- 5. Higher costs for cabbage , which many in rural regions still rely on as a cheap source of nutrition in the blustery months , would be tough to swallow .