Word Study
squalidness |
squall |
squall line |
squaller |
squalling |
squally
| squalodon
| squalodont
| squaloid
| squalor
| squalus
squally
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective squally has 2 senses
- squally(s = adj.all) squalling - characterized by short periods of noisy commotion; "a home life that has been extraordinarily squally"
- squally(s = adj.all) Array - characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain; "a grey squally morning" Derived form noun squall1
CIDE DICTIONARY
squally, a.
- Abounding with squalls; disturbed often with sudden and violent gusts of wind; gusty; as, squally weather. [1913 Webster]
- Interrupted by unproductive spots; -- said of a field of turnips or grain. Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
- Not equally good throughout; not uniform; uneven; faulty; -- said of cloth. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
squally
aeolian, airish, airy, blasty, blowy, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boreal, breezy, brisk, castellatus, cirrose, cirrous, cloud-flecked, clouded, cloudy, cumuliform, cumulous, dark, dirty, drafty, favonian, flawy, fresh, gloomy, gusty, heavy, lenticularis, mammatus, nebulous, nimbose, nubilous, overcast, overclouded, puffy, stormy, stratiform, stratous, thunderheaded, windyROGET THESAURUS
squally
Wind
N wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium, air, breath, breath of air, puff, whiff, zephyr, blow, breeze, drift, aura, stream, current, jet stream, undercurrent, gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon, simoon, simoom, harmattan, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise, tramontane, levanter, capful of wind, fresh breeze, stiff breeze, keen blast, blizzard, barber, candelia, chinook, foehn, khamsin, norther, vendaval, wuther, windiness, ventosity, rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather, dirty sky, mare's tail, thick squall, black squall, white squall, anemography, aerodynamics, wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather- vane, wind sock, anemometer, anemoscope, sufflation, insufflation, perflation, inflation, afflation, blowing, fanning, ventilation, sneezing, errhine, sternutative, sternutatory, sternutation, hiccup, hiccough, catching of the breath, Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus, air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah, branchiae, gills, flabellum, vertilabrum, whiffle ball, blowing, windy, flatulent, breezy, gusty, squally, stormy, tempestuous, blustering, boisterous, pulmonic, pulmonary, lull'd by soft zephyrs, the storm is up and all is on the hazard, the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, while mocking winds are piping loud, winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage.
For further exploring for "squally" in Webster Dictionary Online
