windy

[ win-dee ]

/ ˈwɪn di /

adjective, wind·i·er, wind·i·est.

accompanied or characterized by wind: a windy day.

exposed to or swept by the wind: a windy hill.

consisting of or resembling wind: a windy tempest of activity.

toward the wind; windward.

unsubstantial or empty.

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

characterized by or causing flatulence.

Chiefly Scot. boastful.

Origin of windy

before 900; Middle English; Old English windig. See wind¹, -y¹

OTHER WORDS FROM windy

wind·i·ly, adverb wind·i·ness, noun un·wind·y, adjective

Words nearby windy

windup, windward, windward islands, windward passage, windway, windy, windy city, windz, wine, wine and dine, wine bar

Example sentences from the Web for windiest

Among them are the 96 members of the United States Senate, perhaps the windiest and most tedious group of men in Christendom.

Trump |David Frum |February 3, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I confess to have been deceived about this Atlantic, the roughest and windiest of oceans.

Saunterings |Charles Dudley Warner
The windiest spot is at the corner of Second Avenue, Hove; the wind just there is almost enough to choke those who face it.

The Open Air |Richard Jefferies
It was the wettest spring, the coldest summer, the windiest autumn that I have ever known.

Wit and Wisdom of Lord Tredegar |Godfrey Charles Morgan

Menjil has an unhonoured name among Persian villages; it is reputed to be the windiest place in all the Iranian Empire.

Safar Nameh, Persian Pictures |Gertrude Bell
He began to feel it very cold, and Keingala always chose the windiest places whatever the weather was.

Grettir The Strong |Unknown

British Dictionary definitions for windiest

windy

/ (ˈwɪndɪ) /

adjective windier or windiest

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

swept by or open to powerful winds

marked by or given to empty, prolonged, and often boastful speech; bombastic windy orations

void of substance

an informal word for flatulent

slang afraid; frightened; nervous

Derived forms of windy

windily, adverb windiness, noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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windy

adjective, wind·i·er, wind·i·est.

Origin of windy

OTHER WORDS FROM windy

Words nearby windy

Example sentences from the Web for windiest

British Dictionary definitions for windiest

adjective windier or windiest

Derived forms of windy

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

windy

adjective, wind·i·er, wind·i·est.

Origin of windy

OTHER WORDS FROM windy

Words nearby windy

Words related to windiest

Example sentences from the Web for windiest

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adjective windier or windiest

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