windy

[win-dee]

adjective

windier, windiest 

1. accompanied or characterized by wind.

   a windy day.

2. exposed to or swept by the wind.

   a windy hill.

3. consisting of or resembling wind.

   a windy tempest of activity.

4. toward the wind; windward.

5. unsubstantial or empty.

6. of the nature of, characterized by, or given to prolonged, empty talk; voluble; verbose; bombastic.

7. characterized by or causing flatulence.

8. Chiefly Scot.,  boastful.

windy

/ ˈwɪndɪ /

adjective

1. of, characterized by, resembling, or relating to wind; stormy

2. swept by or open to powerful winds

3. marked by or given to empty, prolonged, and often boastful speech; bombastic

   windy orations

4. void of substance

5. an informal word for flatulent

6. slang,  afraid; frightened; nervous

Other Word Forms

• windily adverb
• windiness noun
• unwindy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of windy¹

before 900; Middle English; Old English windig. See wind ¹, -y ¹

Example Sentences

It was already “extremely windy” as he hiked, he said.

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Leading guests through a darkened, windy downtown storefront, the show is a heavy nod to 1950 noir film “Sunset Boulevard” in the way it aims to explore old Hollywood.

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Although Saturday will still be very windy, there will be a mixture of sunny spells and showers, most of them coming in across northern and western parts of the UK.

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Thursday will bring a spell of wet and windy weather across Northern Ireland, Scotland and western parts of England and Wales.

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“I played in a lot of windy games, for sure, and making sure to leave about ball speed and making sure that spiral is right, you know, to spin through the wind.”

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