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   windy

   /ˈwɪndi/

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by or exposed to strong winds: "a very windy day" Similar breezyblowyfreshblusterygustywildstormysquallytempestuousturbulentwutheringrare:boisterousblusterouswindsweptexposedunprotectedopen to the elementsbarebleakOpposite stillwindlesssheltered
   • 2. suffering from, marked by, or causing an accumulation of gas in the alimentary canal. British
   • 3. using or expressed in many words that sound impressive but mean little: informal "the way to save time in an exam is by omitting windy phrases" Similar verboselong-windedwordyprolixlengthyoverlongprolongedprotractedlong-drawn-outtedioustalkativegarrulousvolubleloquaciousramblingmeanderingrepetitioustautologicalperiphrasticcircumlocutorytortuousinformal:talkyrare:pleonasticOpposite concisesuccinct
   • 4. (of a person) nervous or anxious about something. informal British Similar nervousanxiousworriedapprehensiveon edgeedgytensestressedfretfuluneasyjumpywith one's stomach in knotsfrightenedscaredafraidfearfulinformal:with butterflies in one's stomachjitterytwitchytrepidatiousin a stateuptightin a stewin a ditherall of a ditherin a sweatin a flapin a tizz/tizzyall of a latherhet upin a twitterstrung upstressyall of a doodahspookysquirrellyin a twittoeydated:overstrungOpposite calmunperturbed

   Word Origin Old Englishwindig (see wind1, -y1).

   Derivatives

   • 1. windily adverb
   • 2. windiness noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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