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Dictionary: wind·y   (wĭn') pronunciation
adj., -i·er, -i·est.
  1. Characterized by or abounding in wind: a windy night.
  2. Open to the wind; unsheltered: a windy terrace.
  3. Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability: a windy dash homeward.
    1. Lacking substance; empty: windy promises.
    2. Given to or characterized by wearisome verbosity: a windy speaker.
  4. Flatulent.
windily wind'i·ly adv.
windiness wind'i·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Exposed to or characterized by the presence of freely circulating air or wind: airy, blowy, breezy, gusty. See breath/breathlessness.
  2. Filled up with or as if with something insubstantial: flatulent, inflated, overblown, tumescent, tumid, turgid. See increase/decrease, plain/fancy.

Antonyms: windy
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adj

Definition: breezy
Antonyms: calm

adj

Definition: talkative; boastful
Antonyms: uncommunicative, unresponsive


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: adj. - Blowing with speed, force, or variability.

pronunciation Sometimes it's even too windy to fly a kite.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - omblæst, blæsende

2.
adj. - snoet

Nederlands (Dutch)
winderig, windachtig, lang van stof

Français (French)
1.
adj. - venteux, balayé par le vent, de vent, verbeux, (GB) froussard

2.
adj. - sinueux (route)

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - windig, dem Wind ausgesetzt, Blähungen erzeugend, an Blähungen leidend, leer, Phrasen dreschend, (ugs.) nervös

2.
adj. - (ugs.) nervös, verdreht, verkehrt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανεμόδαρτος, ανεμοδαρμένος, με πολύ αέρα, (μτφ.) φλύαρος, (καθομ.) τρομαγμένος

Italiano (Italian)
ventoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - com vento forte

Русский (Russian)
болтун, выдумка, ветренный, болтливый, бессодержательный, боязливый, неистовый, вызывающий газы (в кишечнике)

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - ventoso, expuesto al viento, borrascoso, tempestuoso

2.
adj. - serpenteado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - blåsig, skrytsam, svamlig, skraj (sl.)

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
多风的, 坏天气的, 风强的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 多風的, 壞天氣的, 風強的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 바람이 센, 바람부는, 통풍구

2.
adj. - 수다스러운, 공허한, 말만의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 風の吹く, 風の強い, 風の当たる, 吹きさらしの, 口先ばかりの, 口数の多い

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مذرو بالريح, كثير الأرياح, عاصف, عنيف, فارغ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מנושב, פתוח לרוחות חזקות, רב-רוח, סוער, עושה רוח, פחדן, מכביר מילים, מתפתל‬
adj. - ‮מתפתל/ת (דרך או נהר)‬


 
 
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