as in diffuseness
the use of too many words to express an idea
he's a brilliant thinker, but his windiness tends to overwhelm his ideas
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as in gusty
marked by strong wind or more wind than usual
one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees
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as in rhetoric
marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases
gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people
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as in rambling
using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea
a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners
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as in winding
marked by a long series of irregular curves
a windy little creek
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Recent Examples of windiness
Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Sergio Garcia expressed his awe Saturday, feeling fortunate after shooting 1-under-par on a sunny but windy afternoon.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
In frigid, windy conditions, Crochet’s first pitch crossed the plate with a game-time temperature of 35 degrees and a 23-degree wind chill.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
While officials, contractors and builders watched, fires were lit in the wood chips in the flower beds in front of the sheds, then large fans were turned on to mimic conditions during the hot, windy weather of a Red Flag fire event.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Tuesday’s game was originally scheduled to begin at 7:10 p.m., but windy, frigid conditions in the forecast prompted a change to a 4:10 p.m. start.
Low-40s temperatures weren’t enough to cool off the Mets (8-3), who have now won six games in a row.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2025
Sergio Garcia expressed his awe Saturday, feeling fortunate after shooting 1-under-par on a sunny but windy afternoon.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2025
In frigid, windy conditions, Crochet’s first pitch crossed the plate with a game-time temperature of 35 degrees and a 23-degree wind chill.
—Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
While officials, contractors and builders watched, fires were lit in the wood chips in the flower beds in front of the sheds, then large fans were turned on to mimic conditions during the hot, windy weather of a Red Flag fire event.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for windiness
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As the latest repetition of the Iron Man and Avengers formula, Thunderbolts* markets familiarity as a brand.—
Armond White,
National Review,
2 May 2025
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In any event, Jia’s longtime admirers will recognize that this oddly repetitive scene is itself a repetition.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
2 May 2025
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Whether Borrelia amplification by pheasants poses a risk to gamekeepers and land managers, or even to the general public through broader ecological diffusion, is still unknown.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Policymakers in Washington should also design AI regulation to enable responsible technology diffusion.—
Michael C. Horowitz,
Foreign Affairs,
18 Apr. 2025
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Coogler can let his characters’ verbosity get the better of story momentum.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Still, the challenge lies in managing the explosive verbosity that modern tools enable effortlessly.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Just as the limitless space of web text tempts writers to indulge their logorrhea, the blinking, ever-transmuting, cartoonish interface of web browsers prevents would-be readers from paying attention to anything for longer than about 7 seconds.—
Barton Swaim,
WSJ,
19 Sep. 2022
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Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2022
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On their website, the three yellow stripes are prominently featured on the website under the Black Lives Matter wordage, and used on their social media accounts.—
Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria,
USA TODAY,
29 Mar. 2023
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Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2023
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“Windiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windiness. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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