windy
/'windi/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Characterized by or exposed to strong winds: Describes weather, places, or conditions with a lot of wind.
- Using or containing too many words; long-winded: Describes speech or writing that is unnecessarily lengthy, verbose, or inflated.
- Resembling the wind in force, speed, or sound: Describes something that has the qualities of wind, such as a swift dash or a rushing sound.
- Not practical or realizable; speculative: Describes ideas, theories, or schemes that are fanciful, impractical, or visionary.
Usage Examples
- Adjective (Weather/Exposure):
- It's a very windy day, so hold onto your hat.
- The windy cliff offered a spectacular but challenging view.
- Adjective (Verbose):
- The politician gave a windy speech that bored the audience.
- I found the report to be windy and full of unnecessary details.
- Adjective (Resembling Wind):
- He made a windy dash across the field to catch the ball.
- Adjective (Speculative):
- His plans for instant wealth were dismissed as windy schemes.
Advanced Usage
- "To be/get windy" (informal, chiefly British): To be or become frightened or nervous.
- He started to get windy as he approached the haunted house.
- "Windy" in a metaphorical sense: Can describe something insubstantial, empty, or boastful.
- His promises turned out to be windy boasts with no substance.
Variants and Related Words
- Windily (adverb): In a windy manner.
- He spoke windily for over an hour.
- Windiness (noun): The quality or state of being windy.
- The windiness of the location makes it ideal for sailing.
- The windiness of his prose made it difficult to read.
Synonyms
- For "windy" (weather): Breezy, blowy, gusty, stormy.
- For "windy" (verbose): Long-winded, verbose, wordy, prolix, rambling.
- For "windy" (speculative): Airy, visionary, impractical, fanciful, speculative.
Related Phrases
- "Full of wind": An informal phrase meaning boastful or talking nonsense.
- Don't listen to him; he's just full of wind.
- "Three sheets to the wind": An idiom meaning very drunk.
- After the party, he was three sheets to the wind. (Note: This idiom uses "wind," not the adjective "windy," but is a common related expression.)
Idioms
- "Throw caution to the wind(s)": To stop being careful and take a risk.
- She decided to throw caution to the wind and quit her job to travel. (Note: This idiom uses the noun "wind.")
- "Get wind of something": To hear a rumor or piece of information about something.
- The press got wind of the scandal. (Note: This idiom uses the noun "wind.")
Adjective
- using or containing too many words
- long-winded (or windy) speakers
- verbose and ineffective instructional methods
- newspapers of the day printed long wordy editorials
- proceedings were delayed by wordy disputes
- resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability
- a windy dash home
- not practical or realizable; speculative
- airy theories about socioeconomic improvement
- visionary schemes for getting rich
- abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes
- blowy weather
- a windy bluff