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windy
adjective (1)Synonyms & Antonyms of windy
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- one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees
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- gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people
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- bombastic,
- flatulent,
- fustian,
- gaseous,
- gassy,
- grandiloquent,
- oratorical,
- orotund,
- rhetorical
- (also rhetoric)
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- bloated,
- elevated,
- florid,
- flowery,
- grandiose,
- highfalutin
- (also hifalutin),
- high-flown,
- high-sounding,
- inflated,
- lofty,
- ornate,
- pompous,
- pontifical,
- pretentious,
- stilted,
- tumid,
- turgid
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- a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners
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windy
adjective (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of windy (Entry 2 of 2)
- a windy little creek
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“Windy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windy. Accessed 14 Aug. 2022.
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The first known use of windy was before the 12th century
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