wutheringadjective
/ˈwʌð.ər.ɪŋ//ˈwʌð.ər.ɪŋ/Northern Englishused to describe a wind that is blowing very strongly or a place where the wind blows strongly:
The wuthering wind of the moors sent a chill down my spine.
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- "Wuthering" or "whithering" comes from the Old Norse and means roaring like the wind on a stormy day.
- "Wuthering" sets the scene for the volatile, often-stormy-passionate relationships in the novel.
- the place that inspired the classic novel Wuthering Heights, by Emily Brontë
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Wind & winds
- airstream
- anemometer
- blast
- breeze
- choppy
- drafty
- draught
- dust devil
- El Niño
- eolian
- hurricane
- jet stream
- northeast
- northeasterly
- prevailing
- southeasterly
- southerly
- the Beaufort scale
- tornado
- wind gauge
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