Meaning & use
Wuthering
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Blowing strongly and roaring, used to describe wind or stormy weather, especially in northern English dialect.
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A wuthering gale battered the moorland cottage all night.
The hills were exposed to a wuthering wind that never seemed to stop.
A note on using this word
Popularized by Emily Bronte's novel "Wuthering Heights," in which the word describes the stormy weather around the fictional moorland estate.
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