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wuthering

/ ˈwʌðərɪŋ /

adjective

  1. (of a wind) blowing strongly with a roaring sound
  2. (of a place) characterized by such a sound


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wuthering1

variant of whitherin, from whither blow, from Old Norse hvithra; related to hvitha squall of wind, Old English hweothu wind

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Example Sentences

Virginia Woolf loved Wuthering Heights and considered Emily Brontë superior to her sister Charlotte.

Little sister Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights was not as instantly beloved.

Critics rediscovered Wuthering Heights, praising its complicated, nonlinear structure.

He hated Merle Oberon when he worked with her in Wuthering Heights.

Here ended Branwell's share in producing 'Wuthering Heights.'

The story of 'Wuthering Heights,' is the story of Heathcliff.

We recognise Charlotte's sister; but not the author of 'Wuthering Heights.'

So much share in 'Wuthering Heights' Branwell certainly had.

She did not cry, but she lay and hated the sound of the heavily beating rain, she hated the wind and its "wuthering."

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