STORMY (stormier, stormiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: stormier    , stormiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does stormy mean? 

• STORMY (adjective)
  The adjective STORMY has 2 senses:

1. (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion

2. characterized by violent emotions or behavior

  Familiarity information: STORMY used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STORMY (adjective)

Comparative: stormier   
Superlative: stormiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion

Context example:

wide and stormy seas

Similar:

angry; furious; raging; tempestuous; wild ((of the elements) as if showing violent anger)

billowing; billowy; surging (characterized by great swelling waves or surges)

blustering; blusterous; blustery (blowing in violent and abrupt bursts)

boisterous; fierce; rough (violently agitated and turbulent)

blowy; breezy; windy (abounding in or exposed to the wind or breezes)

choppy (rough with small waves)

dirty (unpleasantly stormy)

gusty; puffy (blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts)

squally (characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain)

thundery (accompanied with thunder)

Also:

inclement ((of weather or climate) severe)

unpeaceful (not peaceful)

Antonym:

calm ((of weather) free from storm or wind)

Derivation:

storm (a violent weather condition with winds 64-72 knots (11 on the Beaufort scale) and precipitation and thunder and lightning)

storminess (the state of being stormy)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Characterized by violent emotions or behavior

Synonyms:

stormy; tempestuous

Context example:

a stormy marriage

Similar:

unpeaceful (not peaceful)

Derivation:

storm (a violent commotion or disturbance)

storminess (violent passion in speech or action)

 Context examples 

We wouldn't mind then, when there comes stormy weather.—Not for our own sakes, I mean.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Act fifth opened with a stormy scene between Zara and Don Pedro.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The night was stormy; the wind had been rising at intervals the whole afternoon; and by the time the party broke up, it blew and rained violently.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

The night was cold and stormy.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

They often have stormy relationships with other people.

(Personality Disorders, NIH)

I am afraid, my dear Colonel, that you must regret the hour that you took in such a stormy petrel as I am.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Weather can be hot or cold, dry or wet, calm or stormy, clear or cloudy.

(Climate Change, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

“Our observations suggest a ball of gas illuminated from the interior, with rays of warm light swirling through stormy patches of dark clouds,” elaborates Lacour.

(GRAVITY instrument breaks new ground in exoplanet imaging, ESO)

The excitement of the passengers grew greater; the crazy coach rocked on its great leather springs, and swayed like a boat tossed on a stormy sea.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

And then, just as suddenly, like the sun rising on a stormy sea, they would begin to laugh.

(White Fang, by Jack London)