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breezy
CIDE DICTIONARY
breezy, a.
- Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy. Coleridge. [1913 Webster]"'Mid lawns and shades by breezy rivulets fanned." [1913 Webster]
- Fresh; brisk; full of life. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
breezy, adj. (breezier, breeziest)
1 a windswept. b pleasantly windy.
2 colloq. lively; jovial.
3 colloq. careless (with breezy indifference).
1 a windswept. b pleasantly windy.
2 colloq. lively; jovial.
3 colloq. careless (with breezy indifference).
Derivative
breezily adv. breeziness n.
THESAURUS
breezy
active, activist, activistic, aeolian, aerial, aeriform, aery, airish, airlike, airy, alfresco, alive, animated, atmospheric, blasty, blithesome, blowy, blustering, blusterous, blustery, boreal, bouncing, bouncy, brisk, bubbly, buoyant, carefree, casual, cheerful, cheery, chipper, common, corky, debonair, degage, drafty, draughty, ebullient, effervescent, energetic, ethereal, exposed, favonian, flawy, free and easy, fresh, frisky, full of go, full of life, full of pep, gusty, informal, jaunty, light, light-hearted, lighthearted, lightsome, live, lively, low-pressure, mercurial, militant, open-air, peppy, perky, pert, pneumatic, puffy, quicksilver, relaxed, resilient, roomy, smacking, snappy, spanking, spirited, sprightly, spry, squally, tropospheric, unconstrained, unfussy, vivacious, windy, zingyROGET THESAURUS
breezy
Cheerfulness
N cheerfulness, geniality, gayety, l'allegro, cheer, good humor, spirits, high spirits, animal spirits, flow of spirits, glee, high glee, light heart, sunshine of the mind, sunshine of the breast, gaiete de coeur, bon naturel, liveliness, life, alacrity, vivacity, animation, allegresse, jocundity, joviality, jollity, levity, jocularity, mirth, merriment, hilarity, exhilaration, laughter, merrymaking, heyday, rejoicing, marriage bell, nepenthe, Euphrosyne, sweet forgetfulness, optimism, self complacency, hedonics, hedonism, cheerful, happy, cheery, cheerly, of good cheer, smiling, blithe, in spirits, in good spirits, breezy, bully, chipper, in high spirits, in high feather, happy as the day is long, happy as a king, gay as a lark, allegro, debonair, light, lightsome, light hearted, buoyant, debonnaire, bright, free and easy, airy, janty, jaunty, canty, hedonic, riant, sprightly, sprightful, spry, spirited, spiritful, lively, animated, vivacious, brisk as a bee, sparkling, sportive, full of play, full of spirit, all alive, sunny, palmy, hopeful, merry as a cricket, merry as a grig, merry as a marriage bell, joyful, joyous, jocund, jovial, jolly as a thrush, jolly as a sandboy, blithesome, gleeful, gleesome, hilarious, rattling, winsome, bonny, hearty, buxom, playful, playsome, folatre, playful as a kitten, tricksy, frisky, frolicsome, gamesome, jocose, jocular, waggish, mirth loving, laughter-loving, mirthful, rollicking, elate, elated, exulting, jubilant, flushed, rejoicing, cock-a-hoop, cheering, inspiriting, exhilarating, cardiac, cardiacal, pleasing, palmy, cheerfully, Int, never say die!, come!, cheer up!, hurrah!, hence loathed melancholy!, begone dull care!, away with melancholy!, a merry heart goes all the day, as merry as the day is long, ride si sapis.Wind
N wind, draught, flatus, afflatus, efflation, eluvium, air, breath, breath of air, puff, whiff, zephyr, blow, breeze, drift, aura, stream, current, jet stream, undercurrent, gust, blast, squall, gale, half a gale, storm, tempest, hurricane, whirlwind, tornado, samiel, cyclone, anticyclone, typhoon, simoon, simoom, harmattan, monsoon, trade wind, sirocco, mistral, bise, tramontane, levanter, capful of wind, fresh breeze, stiff breeze, keen blast, blizzard, barber, candelia, chinook, foehn, khamsin, norther, vendaval, wuther, windiness, ventosity, rough weather, dirty weather, ugly weather, stress of weather, dirty sky, mare's tail, thick squall, black squall, white squall, anemography, aerodynamics, wind gauge, weathercock, vane, weather- vane, wind sock, anemometer, anemoscope, sufflation, insufflation, perflation, inflation, afflation, blowing, fanning, ventilation, sneezing, errhine, sternutative, sternutatory, sternutation, hiccup, hiccough, catching of the breath, Eolus, Boreas, Zephyr, cave of Eolus, air pump, air blower, lungs, bellows, blowpipe, fan, ventilator, punkah, branchiae, gills, flabellum, vertilabrum, whiffle ball, blowing, windy, flatulent, breezy, gusty, squally, stormy, tempestuous, blustering, boisterous, pulmonic, pulmonary, lull'd by soft zephyrs, the storm is up and all is on the hazard, the winds were wither'd in the stagnant air, while mocking winds are piping loud, winged with red lightning and tempestuous rage.For further exploring for "breezy" in Webster Dictionary Online