WINDBLOWN Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

windblown

adjective

Definition of windblown

as in windswept

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Recent Examples of windblown By one estimate, the change was projected to increase windblown dust by 40 to 80 tons per day. — Jill Johnston, The Conversation, 3 Apr. 2026 The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued a windblown dust advisory for much of the Inland Empire and Orange County, as well as Long Beach and the surrounding area. — Matthew Rodriguez, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026 On Long Island, where open farm fields can expose roads to snowdrifts, highway superintendents are preparing by checking snow fences, which help trap windblown snow, and readying large snow-blowing trucks. — Anusha Mathur, NPR, 24 Jan. 2026 The upper blocks throbbed and pulsed a deep blue, reflecting the pond’s windblown currents. — Jack Korngold, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for windblown

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As a child, Henrik Andersen would look out of his window in Jutland, Denmark’s windswept western peninsula, and watch the distant wind turbines turn.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Its vast moonscape is framed by volcanic cones, lava fields, alkaline lakes, and striking rock formations, with the windswept Kamuge Sand Dunes at its heart.

— Emily Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of windswept

Adjective

Winds will be gusty out of the northeast at 10 to 25 mph with gusts over 30 mph possible.

— Steven Sosna, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Winds may not be quite as strong near Sacramento in the evening as the Delta breeze counteracts some of the north winds — a peculiar setup — but could still be gusty in sudden bursts.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of gusty

Adjective

Pick something neutral-toned that packs easily, like this windproof and waterproof REI Rainier Rain Jacket, which works equally well for blustery days in Mykonos and stargazing on a mountaintop in Crete.

— Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 26 Sep. 2026
The smell of grilling sausage is snatched away on the breezes of a blustery, late-summer day.

— Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of blustery

Adjective

This breezy and insightful book, which takes the movie icon from the slums of New York to the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, triumphant on Oscar night, is a sobering reminder of just how far Stallone had to go to make it.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Still some lingering light rain and breezy conditions across parts of the Northeast for tomorrow morning, but not a washout for most.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026

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