blustery

Definition

Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts.

Etymology

From bluster + -y.

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."