stormy
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈstɔrmi/
:
tempestuoso
- Stormy weather approaching.
- stormy weather
- stormy seas
- a stormy night
It was a dark and stormy night in the desert.
- It was a dark and stormy night in the desert.
- The sea, the the stormy seas will subside at some point.
- And on the stormy days, the waves are big.
- And then we have this other Ohana that likes to be rode across stormy waters, Right.
- I'm so happy when people tell me be careful it's stormy out there.
- By my reckoning, it was a stormy night.
- We're we're boundaries over the over the stormy ocean.
- We're you know, on a ship that's bouncing around on a stormy sea or pick whatever else it is.
- Well, ladies and gentlemen, batten down the hatches because there is more news in tonight's Stormy watch.
Examples
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It's been quite a journey this decade, and we held together through some stormy seas.
Fiction book (2000) -
And on the stormy days, the waves are big.
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So today it's it's pretty stormy outside.
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Because it kind of looks like it's going to get stormy here.
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I noticed him on a stormy evening near the end of winter.
Fiction book (1998) -
You are sunshine on a stormy day.
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My mother had often warned me against night air, stormy weather, and being caught without a coat.
Fiction book (1998) -
I could keep Ern safe on land when stormy weather comes.
Fiction book (2000) -
Despite this stormy course, he has made a good recovery and his long-term prognosis is good.
Academic text (2007) -
The forecast predicts it will be stormy with strong winds and heavy rain all day.
Synonyms
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6.6
Full of confusion and disorder among people, politics, or events
7
8.4
Full of strong, stormy feelings, often with loud arguments
1
6.4
Very rough and stormy, with strong wind and big waves
1
7.9
Hit hard by strong storms or many serious problems
1
9.9
Beaten by storms and hard times
Struck again and again by strong storms or great troubles
Antonyms
Compounds
How Stormy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stormy comes from the old word storm, which means 'violent weather' with strong wind and rain, plus the ending -y meaning 'full of'. So a stormy sky or sea is 'full of storms' and very rough or rainy.