windy
Americanadjective
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accompanied or characterized by wind.
a windy day.
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exposed to or swept by the wind.
a windy hill.
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consisting of or resembling wind.
a windy tempest of activity.
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toward the wind; windward.
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unsubstantial or empty.
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of the nature of, characterized by, or given to prolonged, empty talk; voluble; verbose; bombastic.
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characterized by or causing flatulence.
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Chiefly Scot. boastful.
adjective
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of, characterized by, resembling, or relating to wind; stormy
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swept by or open to powerful winds
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marked by or given to empty, prolonged, and often boastful speech; bombastic
windy orations
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void of substance
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an informal word for flatulent
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slang afraid; frightened; nervous
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Etymology
Origin of windy
before 900; Middle English; Old English windig. See wind 1, -y 1
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“Wuthering Heights” looks just as the voracious reader imagines it as they tear through the novel: drafty houses, windy moors, color and texture that bound from the screen.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
Southern California is in for some windy weekend weather, which could create dangerous seas and elevate wildfire risk in some areas.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026
On a windy day, any pollution that builds up could be blown away, but on a calm day, particularly in winter, the pollution can be trapped at the earth's surface.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
The biggest lesson was that there were no sick days, no too-hot-to-work days, no too-cold, windy or rainy days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
“He’s got eyes, hasn’t he? He knows what he sees. He’s only got to answer yes or no. You’re getting windy now, aren’t you? Not so mighty confident?”
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
Hotter, drier, windier, wetter — the extremes are battering us increasingly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2025
On a much windier day last week, on a beach beside an old Bourbon-era fort in the village of Ambleteuse, I met a former fisherman, Stéphane Pinto, who is now the local mayor.
From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2025
Forecasters expect Wednesday will be noticeably windier than Tuesday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 15, 2025
In the longer term, these gaps could be filled using emerging green technologies, such as batteries, to store energy during windier times.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
I didn’t know what the dark was about, but it was growing darker and windier.
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
The wettest and windiest weather will be across western areas.
From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026
"Antarctica is the coldest, driest, and windiest place on the planet. It is also the highest continent on Earth," Tordeur said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
There is a chance that red flag warnings could be extended in the windiest areas through Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2025
In a doctoral dissertation that year, Paul Siple, an Antarctic explorer and geographer, observed that “it is not always the windiest days or the coldest ones that affect man’s sensation of chill most.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2024
The wind was blowing harder than anything I’d ever experienced anywhere, even on the Patagonian Ice Cap, a place reputed to be the windiest on the planet.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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