Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Blowing in or marked by gusts: a gusty storm.
- adj. Characterized by sudden outbursts.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Marked by gusts or squalls of wind; fitfully windy or stormy.
- Given to sudden bursts of passion; excitable; irritable.
- Pleasant to the taste; savory; gustful.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts
Etymologies
- From gust + -y (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Gusty winds are likely all of tomorrow morning…afternoon showers, keep the umbrella in the trunk… The word gusty was white and dull, like a ball of wax.”
“Clearing skies work in overnight as winds become gusty from the west and lows drop to the 40s.”
The Washington Post: Forecast: Thursday rain, otherwise cooler but nice
“We stalked ridges in gusty snowstorms, slogged down trails thick with fresh prints, and inched our way along some very promising fingers (hillsides with fingerlike spurs).”
“I want them to be happy, not killed through the shock of reading me between the pages of ‘Bath Spa fiasco’ and ‘Betty of Odd Down’s “fence blown down in gusty wind” outrage’.”
“There was increased moisture and humidity so that helps them out a little bit but in terms of measurable rainfall really very little and the cold front has blown through, so the winds are kind of gusty here today and a dry air mass has come in to replace that.”
“They are usually "gusty," the gusts being a momentary movement at a higher speed.”
“It is, sir," said the waiter, in reply to the "gusty" observation, stirring the fire while the traveller divested himself of his hat and greatcoat.”
“Besides being cold, the evening in question was somewhat stormy -- "gusty," as was said of it by a traveller with a stern visage and remarkably keen grey eyes, who entered the coffee-room of an hotel which stood on the margin of Ramsgate harbour facing the sea, and from the upper windows of which the light just mentioned was visible.”
“Moreover, gusty winds brought by Tuesday's cold front may linger for portions of the northern New England, and cold overnight temperatures may cause areas of frost over portions of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic, but they should bounce back quickly during the day Wednesday.”
USA Today: Wednesday's forecast: Cold, stormy for Northwest, Rockies
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘gusty’.
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Adjectives
impressive growth, significant, outstanding, an AILING person ..., sick, a HUMBLE person -..., DISARMING critics..., VAIN - напрасный,..., unavailing, IGNOMINOUS - пост..., shameful, ignoble and 34 more...
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slumry's Words
cattywampus, ingratiate, lackadaisical, exactitude, exfoliate, fulminate, circumnavigation, circuitous, debride, sidle, sequester, chicory and 1002 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, G
grocer, gabanergic, gabardine, gabbro, gaffe, gneiss, grapple, grosgrain, grommet, gratify, gossamer, goofy and 194 more...
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My Little Ponies
A list of My Little Pony names from the original (G1) collection. 1982-1992
cotton candy, butterscotch, blossom, blue belle, minty, snuzzle, seashell, bubbles, bow tie, applejack, sunbeam, medley and 352 more...
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Mimi
sober, rhetoric, oratory, ergo, venom, diaphragm, Medieval, piety, incognito, ruse, calamity, evidence and 251 more...
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abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abide, abject, abjure and 4874 more...
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set 14
from 66 to 70
conciliatory, wean, intractable, fissure, recant, asunder, stodgy, piety, ambulatory, pharisaical, philology, primordial and 79 more...
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windswept
windswept, yonder, valley, stony, terrain, squall, remote, kindling, plateau, parka, mist, embers and 14 more...
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jane's list
newbie list
awake, swept, windy, gusty, lost, floating, disappearing, above, alone, impenetrable, vulnerable, thud and 14 more...
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