Antonyms for buffeting

Grammar : Verb

Spell : buhf-it

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌf ɪt

Definition of buffeting

Origin : c.1200, "to strike with the fist or hand; cuff, box, slap; from Old French bufeter "to strike, slap, punch," from bufet (see buffet (n.2)). Related: Buffeted; buffeting.

verb hit repeatedly

Example sentences :

But nearly a year of buffeting about had taught him many things.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

Giant hands with claws of foam were clutching, buffeting us.
Extract from : « The Trail of '98 » by Robert W. Service

There is a rhythm to this chaos of crossing, buffeting waves.
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

The salty spray increased to a gentle rain, buffeting her cheeks.
Extract from : « Judith Lynn » by Annie Hamilton Donnell

How well calculated to stand the buffeting of the winds and waves!
Extract from : « A Voyage round the World » by W.H.G. Kingston

Otherwise, in the buffeting of that terrible storm, they might fail to find it.
Extract from : « The Lone Ranche » by Captain Mayne Reid

How would she stand the buffeting to which she was being subjected?
Extract from : « The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn » by Harry Collingwood

It seemed as though a thousand riotous misfortunes were buffeting their hearts.
Extract from : « The Prodigal Father » by J. Storer Clouston

The waves were buffeting the canoe about like a log in a whirlpool.
Extract from : « The Missing Formula » by Mildred A. Wirt, AKA Ann Wirt

As she lay there in my arms, and I in hers, the flapping and buffeting came to the window again.
Extract from : « Dracula » by Bram Stoker

Synonyms for buffeting

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