wuthering

/ ˈwʌðərɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of a wind) blowing strongly with a roaring sound

2. (of a place) characterized by such a sound

Word History and Origins

Origin of wuthering¹

variant of whitherin, from whither blow, from Old Norse hvithra; related to hvitha squall of wind, Old English hweothu wind

Example Sentences

Soon comes the storm of this February’s Wuthering Heights.

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In recent months, first-look shots of him as Heathcliff have lit up the internet as he prepares to star opposite Margot Robbie in director Emerald Fennell’s reportedly kinky version of the 1847 Emily Brontë novel, Wuthering Heights.

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The director of a much-anticipated new film version of Wuthering Heights has said she wants it to convey the "primal" feeling she had when she first read the book as a teenager.

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Her uncompromising and unsettling tastes are on show again in the Wuthering Heights trailer.

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Fennell's Wuthering Heights will be released in cinemas on 14 February - Valentine's Day - next year.

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