Antonyms for wind-bag
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : wind-bag |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪndˌbæg |
Definition of wind-bag
Origin :- late 15c., "bellows for an organ," from wind (n.1) + bag (n.). Figurative sense of "person who talks too much" is attested from 1827.
- As in garrulous : adj talkative
- They gape round him while he twangs and screeches, the wind-bag!
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- Bluntly, a wind-bag; two hundred and seventy pounds of atmosphere.
- Extract from : « Held for Orders » by Frank H. Spearman
- Maybe it was done as a trick to scare the wind-bag engineer.
- Extract from : « Held for Orders » by Frank H. Spearman
- There was a wind-bag hanging over the sun that will soon be piping a merry note.
- Extract from : « Captain Kyd, Vol. II » by Joseph Holt Ingraham
- They sneak up to me sideways, look at me out of a corner of the eye, and say: "That man is a lunatic," "That man is a wind-bag."
- Extract from : « Uncle Vanya » by Anton Checkov
- This unexpected response rather pricks the wind-bag of the man's zeal.
- Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 » by Various
- Your enemies say that you are little better than a wind-bag, and I verily believe they are not far wrong.
- Extract from : « The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer » by Richard Clynton
- The book had great success, but of what Mr. Carlyle calls the "wind-bag" nature.
- Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 » by Various
- A Norwegian witch once boasted of sinking a vessel by opening a wind-bag she possessed.
- Extract from : « A History of Nursery Rhymes » by Percy B. Green
- He is a man of words, a man of committees, a wind-bag incapable of prompt action, incompetent to lead a Revolution.
- Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France
Synonyms for wind-bag
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