windiness
Air in motion
Windiness is the quality of being windy—either literally, describing weather with strong or persistent wind the windiness of the Scottish coast, or figuratively, describing speech or writing that is long-winded and full of empty words the windiness of his lectures put everyone to sleep.
The figurative sense suggests verbal bluster without substance.
Prolonged mournful crying sound
- roaringMaking prolonged loud noise
- buffetingRepeated striking or jolting
- whippingRepeated striking blows
- gustingBlowing in sudden bursts
lashing · sweeping · billowing · thrashing · tempestuous · squally · blustering · fierce
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
grandiloquent · bloviating · wordy · prolix · verbose · blathering · droning · meandering
Mild, gentle breeze
- waftDrift on air
- gentleSoft and kind
- balmyMildly warm, soothing
- soothingReducing distress or discomfort
refreshing · light · mild · airy · pleasant · soft · cooling · caressing
Rotating fluid column
- eddyCircular counter-current
- swirlRotating, curving movement
- whirlwindViolently rotating air column
- updraftUpward air movement
downdraft · instability · chaotic · unpredictable · erratic · churning · spiraling · disturbed
Cold sensation or relaxation
- leakyAllowing unwanted seepage
- unsealedNot closed off
- gapUnfilled space between
- crackNarrow break or attempt
crevice · weatherstripping · insulation · draught · shiver · penetrating · whistling · seeping
Instrument measuring air velocity
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- jetstreamHigh-altitude wind band
- trade windsReliable equatorial air currents
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
cyclone · anticyclone · isobar · weather front · high pressure · low pressure · prevailing winds · knots
howling
Prolonged mournful crying sound
- roaringMaking prolonged loud noise
- buffetingRepeated striking or jolting
- whippingRepeated striking blows
gusting · lashing · sweeping · billowing · thrashing · tempestuous · squally · blustering · fierce · relentless
long-winded
Excessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- bombasticExcessively inflated language
pompous · grandiloquent · bloviating · wordy · prolix · verbose · blathering · droning · meandering · circuitous
zephyr
Mild, gentle breeze
soothing · refreshing · light · mild · airy · pleasant · soft · cooling · caressing · fresh
vortex
Rotating fluid column
updraft · downdraft · instability · chaotic · unpredictable · erratic · churning · spiraling · disturbed · fluctuating
chill
Cold sensation or relaxation
crack · crevice · weatherstripping · insulation · draught · shiver · penetrating · whistling · seeping · exposure
anemometer
Instrument measuring air velocity
- barometerInstrument gauging atmospheric pressure
- jetstreamHigh-altitude wind band
- trade windsReliable equatorial air currents
monsoon · cyclone · anticyclone · isobar · weather front · high pressure · low pressure · prevailing winds · knots · velocity
- atmospheric conditionscloudiness, fogginess, mistiness, haziness, smokiness
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, garrulity, loquacity
windinessstillness
Complete lack of motion
calm · calmness · tranquility · motionlessness · airlessness
windinessbrevity
Shortness of expression
conciseness · concision · succinctness · terseness · pithiness
wind, windy, winding, windmill, unwinding, windbag, rewind, windstorm, unwound