winy
3 synonyms for winy, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Tasting or smelling like wine.
Synonyms
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Synonyms by Meaning
1. adj
Tasting or smelling like wine.
“The sleeve-buttons were topazes, winy-yellow, lightly set in crinkly gold.”
2. adj
Relating to the effects of drinking wine; especially, winedrunk.
“I thought how lucky it was I had started practising birth control during the day, because in my winey state that night I would never have bothered to perform the delicate and necessary operation.”
Etymology
Came into English from Middle English wyny; equivalent to wine plus -y.
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