🌬️ Windy and stormy 💥 Noisy and wild

squally

7.4

Full of sudden loud noise and angry arguing

adjective
/ˈskwɔːli/

: bullicioso

The meeting turned squally when several people began arguing loudly.

Examples

It was a squally night, filled with shouting.
After a squally afternoon, the office finally regained its usual quiet.
Their squally relationship made family gatherings unpredictable and tense.
The children were squally during the party.
The meeting turned squally when several people began arguing loudly.
After a squally afternoon, the office finally regained its usual quiet.
Their squally relationship made family gatherings unpredictable and tense.

Synonyms

noisy

vssqually

125 1.0

Full of loud, unpleasant sounds

is about sudden disturbance rather than general loudness

boisterous

vssqually

1 6.4

Very rough and stormy, with strong wind and big waves

is sudden and short rather than prolonged or ongoing disturbance

squawky

vssqually

1 7.5

A loud harsh sound like a bird's cry that is unpleasant

is about sudden noisy disturbance rather than a particular harsh sound

How Noisy

tumultuous

35 7.5

squally

7.4

rowdy

34 3.6

noisy

125 1.0

quiet

45 1.0

Surface Forms

squally positive

Morphology

squally = squall (semi-transparent) = squall + y

Built from 'squall' + '-y' but the sense shifts to general noisy disturbance/commotion rather than specifically a meteorological squall, so the relation is clear but somewhat extended.

Etymology

Squally comes from squall, which suggests a 'sudden noisy disturbance'. So a squally meeting or relationship is full of short, loud trouble or commotion.