Usually means: Exposed and shaped by wind.
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  1. windswept: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. windswept: Merriam-Webster
  3. windswept: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. windswept: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. windswept: Collins English Dictionary
  6. windswept: Vocabulary.com
  7. Windswept, windswept: Wordnik
  8. windswept: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. windswept: Wiktionary
  10. windswept: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. windswept: Dictionary.com
  12. windswept: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  13. Windswept: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. windswept: Rhymezone
  15. windswept: FreeDictionary.org
  16. windswept: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. windswept: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Windswept: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Exposed to the winds.

Similar:
inhospitable, wind-swept, windy, wind-lashed, windbeaten, buffeted, windlashed, windbitten, windblown, weatherworn, more...

Opposite:
sheltered, calm, still, protected

Types:
forlorn, lonely, desolate, dreary, bleak, miserable, depressing, gloomy, more...

Phrases:
windswept hair, more...

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Similar:
inhospitable, wind-swept, windy, wind-lashed, windbeaten, buffeted, windlashed, windbitten, windblown, weatherworn, more...

Opposite:
sheltered, calm, still, protected

Types:
forlorn, lonely, desolate, dreary, bleak, miserable, depressing, gloomy, more...

Phrases:
windswept hair, more...



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