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storm-tossed

storm-tossed

1 7.9
Hit hard by strong storms or many serious problems
  • adjective
  • /ˈstɔrmˌtɔst/
translation icon : azotado por tormentas
  • storm-tossed sea
  • storm-tossed ship

Examples

  • 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.

  • After years of storm-tossed challenges, she finally achieved her dream of becoming a writer.

  • The storm-tossed landscape was a testament to nature's power and resilience against adversity.

Synonyms

tempest-tost
vsstorm-tossed
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Beaten by storms and hard times

is used for repeated hard buffeting by many difficulties or hardships
tempest-tossed
vsstorm-tossed
  • Literature
1 9.9

Shaken by strong storms or by great troubles

stresses repeated heavy blows rather than single thrown movements
tempest-swept
vsstorm-tossed
  • Literature
9.3

Struck again and again by strong storms or great troubles

is similar but focuses more on pounding rather than single strikes
buffeted
vsstorm-tossed
6.5

Hit again and again by strong winds or other problems

emphasizes repeated pounding by many difficulties rather than general force
storm-beaten
vsstorm-tossed
7.4

A thing damaged and worn by storms

focuses on repeated pounding rather than on resulting damage or wear

Antonyms

735 1.0

Not showing strong feelings and being very still

4 3.5

Calm and not worried about problems

How Damaged

destroyed
2.8
storm-tossed
1 7.9
weathered
12 4.2
unaffected
3 3.9

Surface Forms

storm-tossed positive

Morphology

storm-tossed = storm + toss (transparent) = storm + toss + ed

The meaning is a direct combination of 'storm' and the past-participle concept 'toss(ed)', indicating being tossed by storms, which is straightforward for learners.

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.