windswept
Blown by gusts
Windswept describes something exposed to strong, persistent winds.
A windswept moor or coastline is barren and weathered.
Hair or clothing that is windswept has been blown into disarray: She arrived looking windswept from the walk across the parking lot.
The word suggests both exposure and the visual effect of that exposure—bent trees, flattened grass, tousled hair.
Marked by sudden drafts
- blusteryWildly, coldly windy
- breezyMildly windy, or nonchalant
- stormyMarked by violent weather
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
whistling · squally · tempestuous · turbulent · brisk · wild · buffeting · whipping
Disordered, especially hair
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
blown · ruffled · streaming · matted · flyaway · bedraggled · mussed · windblown
Unable to produce
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- starkSevere and unadorned
- exposedOut in open
- isolatedSeparated from others
lonely · forsaken · austere · inhospitable · treeless · bare · empty · solitary
gusty
Marked by sudden drafts
howling · whistling · squally · tempestuous · turbulent · brisk · wild · buffeting · whipping · roaring
tousled
Disordered, especially hair
- disheveledUntidy in appearance
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
wild · blown · ruffled · streaming · matted · flyaway · bedraggled · mussed · windblown · straggly
barren
Unable to produce
isolated · lonely · forsaken · austere · inhospitable · treeless · bare · empty · solitary · harsh
moorland
Open uncultivated upland
coastline · dune · promontory · bluff · ridge · plateau · steppe · prairie · tundra · highland
hardy
Able to endure difficulty
tough · sturdy · resilient · unyielding · enduring · hardened · leathery · weather-beaten · seasoned · roughened
- compound wordsbookmark, breakdown, sunlight, breakup, snowflake
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- windbreeze, gale, gust, gusts, crosswinds
- Wind termscalm, breezy, gusty, blustery, still
- wind-relatedgust, breeze, draft, tornado, hurricane
- shifting sandsdune, dunes, sand dune, desert, quicksand
windswepthospitable
Friendly toward guests
sheltered · cozy · snug · comfortable · inviting
- windswept plainsFlat land exposed to gales
wind, sweep, windy, sweeping, winds, swept, windless, windstorm, downwind