buffeting
Waves of impact
Buffeting is repeated striking or battering, especially by wind, waves, or turbulent forces: The ship took a buffeting from the storm.
The word extends to any sustained assault: the buffeting of criticism, economic buffeting.
Aircraft experience buffeting when turbulent airflow causes vibration and shaking.
To be buffeted is to be knocked about by forces beyond your control.
Strikes or expels air
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
- pummelingSustained striking attack
pounding · beating · hammering · slamming · hitting · knocking · jolting · jarring
Severe sustained wind
- gustsSudden bursts of air
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- tempestViolent windstorm or turmoil
- blusterLoud, empty boasting
gust · blast · breeze · zephyr · whirlwind · cyclone · typhoon · hurricane
Waves near shore
- swellsEnlarges or billows
- breakersWaves that collapse shoreward
- whitecapsFoam-topped breaking waves
- chopQuick forceful slice
spray · crashing · pounding · surging · tossing · pitching · seawater · ocean
Judgment of faults
- setbacksReversals of progress
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- challengesDifficulties requiring effort
pressure · stress · trials · difficulties · obstacles · attacks · criticism · opposition
blows
Strikes or expels air
- impactForceful contact or consequence
- strikingNoticeably impressive
- batteringRepeated forceful striking
pummeling · pounding · beating · hammering · slamming · hitting · knocking · jolting · jarring · shaking
gale
Severe sustained wind
bluster · gust · blast · breeze · zephyr · whirlwind · cyclone · typhoon · hurricane · storm
surf
Waves near shore
chop · spray · crashing · pounding · surging · tossing · pitching · seawater · ocean · coastal
criticism
Judgment of faults
- setbacksReversals of progress
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
challenges · pressure · stress · trials · difficulties · obstacles · attacks · criticism · opposition · turmoil
aircraft
Airborne transportation vehicle
jetstream · airflow · chop · bumpiness · altitude · cabin · seatbelt · flight · shaking · jostling
- wind actionblowing, gusting, howling, whistling, whipping
- wind forceswind pressure, wind load, wind speed, gusts, crosswind
- aerodynamicsairflow, lift, drag, drag coefficient, turbulence
- aircraft oscillationsflutter
- wind engineeringwind load, wind gusts, wind speed, wind tunnel, flutter
- weatherweather, rain, sun, snow, wind
buffetingstillness
Complete lack of motion
calm · gentleness · caressing · stroking · steadiness
buffetinggliding
Engineless aerial movement
smooth sailing · cruising · laminar flow · stable · flowing
buffetingsheltering
Protecting from elements
protection · shielding · cradling · harboring · cocooning