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

Derived Forms

• ˈwindiness, noun
• ˈwindily, adverb

Other Word Forms

• windi·ly adverb
• windi·ness noun
• un·windy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of windy¹

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

Example Sentences

"There was a lot of anticipation but it didn't sound very good, it was very windy and the vibe wasn't there."

From BBC

On a windy 46-degree night in the nation’s capital, those long innings on defense did little to help the Dodgers’ bats warm up.

From Los Angeles Times

Hull matched Vu's four-under-par 68 in a third round played in difficult, windy conditions on the Whirlwind Golf Club's Cattail Course.

From BBC

He says zonal pricing is meant to encourage investment in particular parts of the country - but fails to recognise that wind farms need to be built in places where it's windy.

From BBC

When it's windy, we can hear the howling.

From BBC

Related Words

• bending
• curving
• meandering
• serpentine
• sinuous
• snaking
• tortuous
• turning
• twisting
• twisty
• winding
• zigzag