wind ‧ y S3 /ˈwɪndi/ BrE AmE ( comparative windier , superlative windiest ) adjective
1 . if it is windy, there is a lot of wind:
It’s too windy for a picnic.
a cold, windy day
a windy hillside
2 . windy talk is full of words that sound impressive but do not mean much:
politicians’ windy generalizations
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THESAURUS
▪ windy if it is windy, there is a lot of wind:
It's too windy for a picnic.
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a windy day in October
▪ blustery blustery weather is very windy, with sudden strong winds:
a cold and blustery day
▪ breezy if the weather is breezy, the wind blows fairly strongly:
a sunny but breezy day in springtime
▪ blowy informal windy:
It's a bit blowy out there.
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The day was grey and cold and blowy.
▪ stormy if the weather is stormy, there are strong winds, heavy rain, and dark clouds:
The sky was starting to look stormy.
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a period of stormy weather
▪ windswept a windswept place is often windy because there are not many trees or buildings to protect it:
The beach was cold and windswept.
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Thousands of the birds live on the windswept islands off the north coast of Scotland.