Antonyms for blustery


Grammar : Adj
Spell : bluhs-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblʌs tər


Definition of blustery

Origin :
  • 1707, from bluster (n.) + -y (2). Blustering in this sense is recorded from 1510s.
  • adj stormy
Example sentences :
  • Its climate, except for a few months of summer, is raw and blustery.
  • Extract from : « Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark » by Jens Christian Aaberg
  • The next night was a dirty one—no rain to speak of, but dark and blustery.
  • Extract from : « The Hero of Garside School » by J. Harwood Panting
  • When he reached Cincinnati it was snowing, a windy, blustery snow.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser
  • A fine, calm day, though cold, had succeeded the blustery one.
  • Extract from : « Ned Wilding's Disappearance » by Allen Chapman
  • And like a puff of wholesome, blustery wind the doctor was off.
  • Extract from : « Heart of the West » by O. Henry
  • Just a narrow neck of land had separated them that blustery night.
  • Extract from : « Burned Bridges » by Bertrand W. Sinclair
  • The blustery afternoon settled into a calm as the sun went down, and a change came with the night.
  • Extract from : « The Colossus » by Opie Read
  • It had been a blustery day, and as night came on the wind increased in violence, until it fairly howled around Oak Hall.
  • Extract from : « Dave Porter and the Runaways » by Edward Stratemeyer
  • His manners were by no means agreeable to Andrew; he was quite too "blustery," and was dangerous when in one of his fits.
  • Extract from : « The Underground Railroad » by William Still
  • To play three rounds over Blackheath on a cold, blustery winters day is a mans task.
  • Extract from : « The Golf Courses of the British Isles » by Bernard Darwin

Synonyms for blustery

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