What is another word for Wuthering?

Pronunciation: [wˈʌðəɹɪŋ] (IPA)

The word "Wuthering" is a rare and unconventional term in the English language. It is commonly associated with the English novel "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte, where it refers to the fierce winds that constantly blow around the moors and the desolate landscape. However, there are several synonyms that can be used in place of "Wuthering" to describe a similarly turbulent atmosphere. Some of these words include blustering, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, and stormy. These words can be used to describe not only weather conditions but also emotional states and situations that are marked by chaos and turmoil.

What are the hypernyms for Wuthering?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Wuthering

She has left but one book behind her, a novel, called "Wuthering Heights," a curious title, which seems to suggest a storm on a mountain peak.
"Wisdom and Destiny"
Maurice Maeterlinck
In "Wuthering Heights"-wherein this soul gives to the world its passions, desires, reflections, realisations, ideals, which is, in a word, its real history-in "Wuthering Heights" there is more adventure, more passion, more energy, more ardour, more love, than is needed to give life or fulfilment to twenty heroic existences, twenty destinies of gladness or sorrow.
"Wisdom and Destiny"
Maurice Maeterlinck
This was how Heathcliff, as they called him, came to Wuthering Heights.
"The Worlds Greatest Books Vol. II: Fiction"
Arthur Mee, J. A. Hammerton, Eds.

Famous quotes with Wuthering

  • What I've tended to do is to use my own experiences to get into someone else's mind, like in Wuthering Heights.
    Kate Bush
  • Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic.
    Johnny Depp
  • I absolutely adored Wuthering Heights and fell in love with Heathcliff as most girls do.
    Margaret Forster
  • Who will relieve me of this Wuthering Height
    Sir Winston Churchill
  • "Wuthering" being a significant provincial adjective, descriptive of the atmospheric tumult to which its station is exposed in stormy weather. Pure, bracing ventilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a few stunted firs at the end of the house; and by a range of gaunt thorns all stretching their limbs one way, as if craving alms of the sun.
    Emily Brontë

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