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adjective, storm·i·er, storm·i·est.affected, characterized by, or subject to storms; tempestuous: a stormy sea. characterized by violent commotion, actions, speech, passions, etc.: a stormy debate. Origin of stormy1150–1200; Middle English; Old English stormig.See storm, -y1 OTHER WORDS FROM stormystorm·i·ly, adverbstorm·i·ness, nounun·storm·i·ly, adverbun·storm·i·ness, noun un·storm·y, adjective Words nearby stormystorm track, storm trooper, storm troops, storm warning, storm window, stormy, stormy petrel, Stornoway, Storrs, Storting, story Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for stormyThey can sometimes bring stormy weather and are usually marked by a red line with semicircles pointing in the direction of the front’s movement. How to Read a Surface Weather Map|Dennis Mersereau|October 15, 2020|Outside Online The resulting clouds were stormy but very high, their bases at least 3,000 meters aboveground. What’s behind August 2020’s extreme weather? Climate change and bad luck|Carolyn Gramling|August 27, 2020|Science News Subsequent guests have included comedian Margaret Cho and self proclaimed “hurricane of intellectual sexuality,” Stormy Leather. 'Hysterical Literature': Women Who Read Until Orgasm|Rich Goldstein|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST The word most used to describe it, including by Kathryn, was “stormy.” Doug Kenney: The Odd Comic Genius Behind ‘Animal House’ and National Lampoon|Robert Sam Anson|March 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The log cabin in which they sleep has no floor or window, and wind and rain pour in during the stormy days. The ‘12 Years a Slave’ Book Shows Slavery As Even More Appalling Than In the Film|Jimmy So|October 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST In riveting testimony, Arias also described the stormy affair that had led her to the courtroom. Jodi Arias: The Mormon Casey Anthony|Christine Pelisek|February 10, 2013|DAILY BEAST Video of the search shows the winch struggling to cope with the stormy conditions. William's Winchman Wins Bravery Award|Tom Sykes|September 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST One stormy night he had suddenly surprised the convoy fleet at Karlskrona and burnt a large portion of it. The Tower of Dago|Mr Jkai In its habits generally it very closely resembles its better known ally, the Stormy Petrel. British Sea Birds|Charles Dixon So stormy was the night that the sentinels had left the walls. Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II|Various The living waves rolled against each other like the billows of a stormy sea. The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin. The stormy Tartarin was going to rush after him, but the prince prevented that. Tartarin of Tarascon|Alphonse Daudet
British Dictionary definitions for stormy
adjective stormier or stormiestcharacterized by storms subject to, involving, or characterized by violent disturbance or emotional outburst Derived forms of stormystormily, adverbstorminess, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to stormyblustery, torrid, rainy, murky, damp, turbulent, violent, windy, tempestuous, wet, bitter, frigid, boisterous, cold, dirty, foul, furious, gusty, menacing, pouring |