wind-swept
Scoured by gusts
Wind-swept describes places or things exposed to strong, persistent winds.
A wind-swept moor or wind-swept coastline is barren and scoured by constant gusts, often with vegetation bent permanently in one direction.
The term extends to appearance: wind-swept hair is tousled and wild, as if someone has just come in from a gale.
The word carries connotations of rugged beauty and romantic desolation.
Bleak and abandoned
- starkSevere and unadorned
- treelessHaving no woods
- bareLacking any covering
- strippedHad coverings removed
scoured · bleak · empty · austere · spartan · unadorned · cleared · eroded
Steep natural rock walls
- highlandsElevated, hilly land areas
- moorlandOpen uncultivated upland
- plateauFlat highland area
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
craggy · rocky · escarpment · outcrop · tor · pinnacle · summit · precipice
Marked by sudden drafts
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- stormyMarked by violent weather
- whistlingBlowing air tunefully
- roaringMaking prolonged loud noise
turbulent · buffeting · squally · brisk · tempestuous · whirling · billowing · flapping
Having no overhead protection
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- openNot closed
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
- uncoveredMade visible or known
buffeted · weather-beaten · battered · isolated · lonely · forlorn · abandoned · raw
desolate
Bleak and abandoned
stripped · scoured · bleak · empty · austere · spartan · unadorned · cleared · eroded · weathered
cliffs
Steep natural rock walls
ridge · craggy · rocky · escarpment · outcrop · tor · pinnacle · summit · precipice · headland
gusty
Marked by sudden drafts
roaring · turbulent · buffeting · squally · brisk · tempestuous · whirling · billowing · flapping · whipping
unsheltered
Having no overhead protection
- vulnerableOpen to attack
- openNot closed
- unprotectedWithout safeguard or shield
uncovered · buffeted · weather-beaten · battered · isolated · lonely · forlorn · abandoned · raw · windward
wilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- untamedNot domesticated
- remoteDistant or controller
- uninhabitedHaving no occupants
pristine · unspoiled · natural · solitude · grassland · savannah · outback · pampas · virgin · boundless