Meaning

Of or pertaining to storms..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of or pertaining to storms.
2. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
3. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
4. Violent; passionate; rough.

Example Sentences

a stormy season or a stormy day

It was a dark and stormy night, the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets […]

Fabio Capello insisted [Wayne] Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.

a stormy sound or stormy shocks

stormy passions    a stormy relationship

1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure She was real at ease & at peace with herself. Didn't seem to have the stormy feeling I've had lately.

This new anti-military consciousness surfaced at the Gay Academic Union Conference held last month in New York, where two broadsides and a meeting were held to discuss the situation. And in San Francisco, after a stormy meeting of Bay Area Gay Liberation (BAGEL), the group refused to co-sponsor a fund-raising event for former T/Sgt. Leonard Matlovich.

Word Forms

• stormier
• stormiest

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When Should You Use Stormy?

Use stormy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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