different between calm vs windy
calm
English
Alternative forms
- calme (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English calm, calme, from Old French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek ????? (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from ???? (kaí?, “I burn”), or possibly from Latin cale?. Compare also Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??m/
- (US) IPA(key): /k?m/, /k?lm/, /k?(?)m/
- (Ireland, Scotland) IPA(key): /kam/
- Rhymes: -??m
- (nonstandard, now chiefly dialect) IPA(key): /ka?m/
Adjective
calm (comparative calmer or more calm, superlative calmest or most calm)
- (of a person) Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
- Antonyms: stressed, nervous, anxious
- (of a place or situation) Free of noise and disturbance.
- Antonym: disturbed
- (of water) with few or no waves on the surface; not rippled.
- Without wind or storm.
- Antonyms: windy, stormy
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:calm
Derived terms
- calm as a millpond
- ice-calm
Translations
Noun
calm (countable and uncountable, plural calms)
- (in a person) The state of being calm; peacefulness; absence of worry, anger, fear or other strong negative emotion.
- (in a place or situation) The state of being calm; absence of noise and disturbance.
- A period of time without wind.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:calmness
Derived terms
- ice-calm
Translations
Verb
calm (third-person singular simple present calms, present participle calming, simple past and past participle calmed)
- (transitive) To make calm.
- to calm a crying baby
- to calm the passions
- to calm the tempest raised by Aeolus
- (intransitive) To become calm.
Synonyms
- allay, appease, calm down, cool off, ease, pacify, quieten, soothe, subdue
Antonyms
- agitate
- excite
Translations
Anagrams
- ALCM, CAML, CLAM, Caml, Malc, clam
Catalan
Etymology
From calma, probably in imitation of French calme (adjective) and Spanish calmo.
Adjective
calm (feminine calma, masculine plural calms, feminine plural calmes)
- calm
Related terms
- calma
- calmar
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French calme.
Noun
calm n (plural calmuri)
- composure (calmness of mind or matter, self-possession)
Related terms
- calma
calm From the web:
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windy
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English windy, from Old English windi? (“windy”), from Proto-Germanic *windigaz (“windy”), equivalent to wind +? -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wiendich (“windy”), West Frisian winich (“windy”), Dutch winderig (“windy”), German Low German windig (“windy”), German windig (“windy”), Swedish vindig (“windy”), Icelandic vindugur (“windy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?w?ndi/
- Rhymes: -?ndi
Adjective
windy (comparative windier, superlative windiest)
- Accompanied by wind.
- It was a long and windy night.
- Unsheltered and open to the wind.
- They made love in a windy bus shelter.
- Empty and lacking substance.
- They made windy promises they would not keep.
- Long-winded; orally verbose.
- (informal) Flatulent.
- The Tex-Mex meal had made them somewhat windy.
- (slang) Nervous, frightened.
- 1995, Pat Barker, The Ghost Road, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 848:
- The thing is he's not windy, he's a perfectly good soldier, no more than reasonably afraid of rifle and machine-gun bullets, shells, grenades.
- 1995, Pat Barker, The Ghost Road, Penguin 2014 (The Regeneration Trilogy), p. 848:
Synonyms
- (accompanied by wind): blowy, blustery, breezy
- See also Thesaurus:verbose
- See also Thesaurus:flatulent
Antonyms
- (accompanied by wind): calm, windless
Translations
Noun
windy (plural windies)
- (colloquial) fart
Translations
Etymology 2
wind (“to curve, bend”) +? -y
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?wa?ndi/
Adjective
windy (comparative windier, superlative windiest)
- (of a path etc) Having many bends; winding, twisting or tortuous.
Translations
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- what wind speed is considered windy
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