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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 or showing fear or terror

Having an arrogant, self-important or pompous manner

Allowing, or characterized by, the circulation of air

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

wintry^US

raining cats and dogs

wintery^UK

sombre^UK

somber^US

agonizing^US

agonising^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

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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

labored^US

laboured^UK

colourful^UK

colorful^US

jeweled^US

colored^US

coloured^UK

jewelled^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

with your heart in your mouth

shaking in one's shoes

anxiously waiting

fearfully anticipating

nervously awaiting

apprehensively expecting

like a fish out of water

pressurized^US

pressurised^UK

having a funny feeling

angst-ridden

lacking social skills

tearing one's hair out

terrorized^US

terrorised^UK

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 or showing fear or terror

terrorised^UK

terrorized^US

frightened out of your wits

paralyzed with fear^US

paralysed with fear^UK

scared out of your wits

with your heart in your mouth

shaking in one's shoes

pushing the panic button

in fear and trepidation

traumatized^US

traumatised^UK

demoralized^US

demoralised^UK

having butterflies in the stomach

in a dither

gun-shy

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

throwing one's weight around

honourable^UK

honorable^US

offensively self-assertive

pleased with yourself

smart-alecky

throwing one's weight about

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

full of airs and graces

too big for your britches

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

sarcastic

self-approving

goody-goody

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

blowing one's own horn

wrapped up in oneself

phony^US

phoney^UK

smart-assed^US

throwing weight around

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

not backwards in coming forwards

smart-arsed^UK

blowing one's own trumpet

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

flushed with success

like the cat that's got the cream

of preconceived ideas

crushing

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Allowing, or characterized by, the circulation of air

drafty^US

draughty^UK

Adjective

Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive

colorless^US

colourless^UK

wintery^UK

wintry^US

lacklustre^UK

lackluster^US

grey^UK

gray^US

somber^US

sombre^UK

anaemic^UK

anemic^US

nothing to write home about

laboured^UK

labored^US

greyish^UK

discoloured^UK

discolored^US

meager^US

meagre^UK

grayish^US

neither one thing nor the other

flavorless^US

flavourless^UK

unsavoury^UK

unsavory^US

driveling^US

drivelling^UK

nothing to get excited about

blending into the background

nothing out of the ordinary

paralysed^UK

paralyzed^US

of little consequence

not amounting to much

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