windy
Americanadjective
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windier,
comparative
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windiest
superlative
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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
Vocabulary lists containing windy
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“It did rain last week, but it is still dry enough and windy enough for this to be a problem,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Grupe kicked in windy conditions at the Rams’ Woodland Hills facility on Thursday and Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
"What am I supposed to make of this? We're going to war," Irinkov told AFP as he trimmed the plants in his garden on a windy day.
From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026
Dry, windy days lift ash back into the air, while rain and snow turn it into a heavy deposit blocking drains and damaging infrastructure.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
It was, as it happened, a very windy day when Auk XXII-D made its flight.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
Overall, the late August bank holiday weekend looks set to be cooler, windier and wetter than the hot and dry conditions we've experienced for much of this record-breaking summer.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“This second time around journey has been a little windier in many ways , but wow we are so grateful for this moment!! Little sissy on the way!!!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
A return to milder, wetter, and windier Atlantic weather has brought an end to the recent UK cold snap, which caused widespread disruption from snow and ice.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2026
Low pressure will move in from the Atlantic on Saturday bringing windier conditions before rain arrives towards the evening.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2025
Mucky clouds lidded the sunrise but today was bags windier and better for kite flying.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
Sunday is expected to be the windiest day, “with pretty widespread south-to-west winds, anywhere between 20 to 35 mph gusts,” Kittell said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 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
The windiest weather on Saturday is likely to be found across Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland, northern England and north Wales.
From BBC ● Dec. 19, 2024
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
That would have been a swell strategy, too, if it hadn’t been the windiest day of the whole year.
From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick
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