English Explanatory Dictionary

gassy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Having the nature of, or containing, gas.
  2. Containing dissolved gas (usually carbon dioxide); fizzy.
  3. Tending to burp; burpy.
  4. Tending to release flatus; flatulent.
  5. Tending to cause flatulence.
  6. Tending to be long-winded or wordy, especially in a boastful and vain manner.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡæsi/ en-au-gassy.ogg

Word forms

gassy gassier gassiest

Etymology

From gas + -y. Doublet of chaotic.

Synonyms

gaseous gasiferous gaslike bubbly carbonated effervescent sparkling abubble bubblesome ebullient fizzy foamy frothy gassy sparkly spumescent farty flatulent circumlocutory diffuse periphrastic palaverous pleonastic prolix rigmarole sesquipedalian verbose wordy

Antonyms

flat noncarbonated uncarbonated ungassy ineffervescent noneffervescent nonsparkling still uneffervescent unfizzy taciturn reticent unloquacious untalkative quiet reserved silent silentious

Derived words

gassily gassiness nongassy
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