Blasty
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Resembling or characteristic of a blast or explosion.
"How could a lodger make blasty noises without a gramophone to drown his shame ... ?"
- 2 Extremely loud.
"The recording is for the most part clean and bright, with only an occasional blasty forte marring the otherwise excellent sound."
- 3 Affected by blasts; gusty. obsolete
"Thus passed the first afternoon of my retour by the Mountaineer, and the next day being blasty and bleak, nobody was in a humour either to tell or to hear stories;"
- 4 Given to outbursts; blustery. obsolete
"I told him it was not, and then he said, "Pooh, pooh, Carey; you know what a windy, blasty fellow Chisholm is , and it is not worth while to take any more notice of it, or say anything about it. ""
- 5 Causing or displaying blast (blight) or injury archaic
"The floor, the pews, the stripped-bare altar are strewn with leaves, twigs, orange needles from the blasty boughs of spruce trees."
Example
More examples"How could a lodger make blasty noises without a gramophone to drown his shame ... ?"
Etymology
From blast + -y.
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