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Characterized by or exposed to strong winds

Unsheltered and open to the wind

Having one or more bends or angles

Using or expressed in many words, especially words that sound impressive but mean little

Showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms

(slang) Nervous or anxious about something

Feeling fear or frightened

Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive

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Characterized by or exposed to strong winds

draughty^UK

drafty^US

gray^US

grey^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

wintry^US

wintery^UK

raining cats and dogs

full of ups and downs

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

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“Roy Appleyard converted from the touchline, an excellent kick considering the very windy conditions.”

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Unsheltered and open to the wind

“He felt fortunate to have a stable in which to sleep while they had to spend their nights on the cold and windy hills around Bethlehem.”

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Having one or more bends or angles

spiralling^UK

spiraling^US

full of twists and turns

travelling^UK

traveling^US

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“When we finally reached the top of the long and windy path, I gasped at the magnificent view.”

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Using or expressed in many words, especially words that sound impressive but mean little

with the gift of the gab

able to talk the hind legs off a donkey

having kissed the blarney stone

having kissed the Blarney Stone

blessed with the gift of the gab

running on at the mouth

excessively communicative

full of air

having kissed the Blarney stone

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“Rather than giving a long, windy speech, she would drop a few carefully chosen words instead.”

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Showy in speech and given to using flowery or elaborate terms

laboured^UK

labored^US

jewelled^UK

jeweled^US

colored^US

coloured^UK

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“He made a windy speech about his time at the firm and how he'd come to care about all of them as family.”

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(slang) Nervous or anxious about something

in a state of agitation

like a cat on a hot tin roof

like a cat on hot bricks

waiting with bated breath

waiting for the axe to fall

bugged

unglued

angsty

with one's stomach in knots

having butterflies in the stomach

a wreck

shot to pieces

with your heart in your mouth

shaking in one's shoes

like a fish out of water

frightened of one's own shadow

fearfully anticipating

apprehensively expecting

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

lacking social skills

having a funny feeling

tearing one's hair out

maladjusted

on the rack

not self-assured

lacking self-confidence

at the end of your tether

scared out of your wits

frightened out of your wits

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“Both felt a bit windy about working under the engine held up by an aging tractor.”

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Feeling fear or frightened

frightened out of your wits

scared out of your wits

with your heart in your mouth

shaking in one's shoes

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

pushing the panic button

in a sweat

in fear and trepidation

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

paralyzed^US

paralysed^UK

immobilised^UK

immobilized^US

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

having butterflies in the stomach

having a funny feeling

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Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

patronizing^US

patronising^UK

too big for your boots

too big for your breeches

honourable^UK

honorable^US

offensively self-assertive

pleased with yourself

throwing one's weight about

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

lah-di-dah

upper-class

snot-nosed

full of airs and graces

throwing one's weight around

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

too big for your britches

blowing one's own horn

partisan

priggish

driven

wrapped up in oneself

of preconceived ideas

smart-arsed^UK

throwing weight around

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

smart-assed^US

phony^US

phoney^UK

not backwards in coming forwards

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

flushed with success

like the cat that's got the cream

blowing one's own trumpet

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Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive

colourless^UK

colorless^US

wintery^UK

wintry^US

as dry as dust

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

grey^UK

gray^US

anaemic^UK

anemic^US

laboured^UK

nothing to write home about

labored^US

flavorless^US

flavourless^UK

greyish^UK

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

grayish^US

meagre^UK

meager^US

neither one thing nor the other

unsavory^US

unsavoury^UK

nothing to get excited about

drivelling^UK

driveling^US

cool, calm and collected

of little consequence

anaesthetic^UK

anesthetic^US

blending into the background

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