storm-tossed
- 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
Beaten by storms and hard times
Shaken by strong storms or by great troubles
Struck again and again by strong storms or great troubles
Hit again and again by strong winds or other problems
A thing damaged and worn by storms
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.