Wordfinder

Windy definition

wĭndē
windier windiest
See word origin
Frequency:
Resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability.

A windy dash homeward.

adjective
5
2
Characterized by or abounding in wind.

A windy night.

adjective
3
2

It was a long and windy night.

adjective
1
0
Unsheltered and open to the wind.

They made love in a windy bus shelter.

adjective
1
0
Open to the wind; unsheltered.

A windy terrace.

adjective
2
2
Advertisement
Flatulent.
adjective
0
0
Lacking substance; empty.

Windy promises.

adjective
0
0
Given to or characterized by wearisome verbosity.

A windy speaker.

adjective
0
0
adjective
0
0
Without substance; empty, flimsy, etc.
adjective
0
0
Advertisement
Long-winded, pompous, boastful, etc.
adjective
0
0
Empty and lacking substance.

They made windy promises they would not keep.

adjective
0
0
Long-winded; orally verbose.
adjective
0
0

The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.

adjective
0
0
(colloquial) Fart.
noun
0
0
Advertisement
(of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
adjective
0
0
Characterized or accompanied by wind.

A windy day.

adjective
0
2
Exposed to wind; swept by strong or frequent winds.

A windy city.

adjective
0
2
Like wind; stormy, blustery, violent, etc.

Windy anger.

adjective
0
2

Other Word Forms

Adjective

Base Form:
windy
Comparative:
windier
Superlative:
windiest

Origin of windy

  • From wind (weather condition) + -y.

    From Wiktionary

  • From wind (“to curve, bend") + -y.

    From Wiktionary

Windy Sentence Examples

  • It is a favourite summer resort of the Italians, but is cold and windy in winter.

  • It's windy and dry... said another voice.

  • It was occasionally styled the Windy or Windward coast, from the frequency of short but furious tornadoes throughout the year.

  • The Apennines shelter it from the cold north winds, and the prevailing winds in the west, blowing in from the Tyrrhenian Sea, are warm and humid, though Florence is colder and more windy than Rome in the winter and hotter in summer, owing to its being shut in among the mountains.

  • Many come with a draw cord so you can tighten it around your face, adding warmth on windy and chilly nights.

More sentences

Related articles

Also Mentioned In

Words near windy in the Dictionary