storm-tossed
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈstɔrmˌtɔst/
- storm-tossed sea
- storm-tossed ship
Examples
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We can feel the power of the storm-tossed sea crashing fifty feet below.
Fiction book (1991) -
Worse, although without a wooden timber anywhere in its structure, it was creaking like a sailing ship on a storm-tossed sea.
Fiction book (1991) -
In the second act of another storm-tossed opera, Peter Grimes sings, "I hear those voices that will not be drowned."
Blog text (26) -
Meanwhile, he and the president spent the last storm-tossed days of the 2012 campaign calling each other names in and around Ohio: something about Jeeps and who was telling the truth and where they are and will be made.
Blog text (17) -
The storm-tossed ship struggled to stay afloat as waves crashed over its deck.
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After years of storm-tossed challenges, she finally achieved her dream of becoming a writer.
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The storm-tossed landscape was a testament to nature's power and resilience against adversity.
Synonyms
2
6.5
Hit again and again by strong winds or other problems
1
9.9
Shaken by strong storms or by great troubles
1
9.9
Beaten by storms and hard times
1
7.4
A thing damaged and worn by storms
Struck again and again by strong storms or great troubles
Antonyms
How Damaged
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Storm-tossed joins the simple words storm and toss, where toss means 'to throw' and storm means heavy wind and rain. Picture a small ship thrown about by waves—this shows why storm-tossed describes things or lives that are beaten and knocked around by real storms or by many hard problems.