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blizzardy

adjective

variants also blizzardly
Definition of blizzardynext
as in windy

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Recent Examples of blizzardy Passing through an opulent upstairs bedroom are the play’s producer, author, director and leading lady, joined by a critic, an actor who turned down the play’s lead role, and an aspiring thespian responsible for collecting the guests’ coats on a blizzardy night. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blizzardy
  1. windy
  2. blustery
  3. inclement
  4. stormy
Adjective
  • The growing lineup includes jackets, trousers, gilets and hats designed for the wet, windy conditions associated with links golf.
    — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Instead, the Yankees and Baltimore played a single-admission, windy doubleheader on Friday.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of windy
Adjective
  • The smell of grilling sausage is snatched away on the breezes of a blustery, late-summer day.
    — Mark Sappenfield, Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2026
  • On a spring morning so blustery that the National Weather Service issued a small craft advisory, a Samish Indian Nation research boat, called the Chinook (Yómech), set out from Anacortes, Washington, just east of the San Juan Islands.
    — John Ryan, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of blustery
Adjective
  • There was inclement weather somewhere along the way to New York, and the plane hadn’t even left its previous city.
    — Eve Chen, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The postponement was due to inclement weather in the forecast.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
Definition of inclement
Adjective
  • Stagg, however, became convinced the day would be stormy – bringing swell and poor visibility that would spell disaster.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In 2009, Momoa’s mother revealed that her grandson’s name refers to the stormy conditions on the night he was born, per a People report from the time.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of stormy

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“Blizzardy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blizzardy. Accessed 2 Oct. 2026.

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