Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Subject to, characterized by, or affected by storms; tempestuous.
- adjective Characterized by violent emotions, passions, speech, or actions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by storm or tempest, or by high winds; tempestuous; boisterous: as, a stormy season.
- Characterized by violent disturbances or contentions; agitated; turbulent.
- Violent; passionate; easily roused to anger or strife.
- Associated with storms, as seen in them or supposed to presage them: specifically, in ornithology, noting certain petrels.
- Synonyms Windy, gusty, squally, blustering. See
wind .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous
- adjective Proceeding from violent agitation or fury
- adjective Violent; passionate; rough.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
storms . - adjective Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with
strong winds and heavy rain. - adjective Proceeding from
violent agitation orfury . - adjective Violent;
passionate ;rough .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
- adjective characterized by violent emotions or behavior
Etymologies
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Examples
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"It's what I call a stormy romance, that all of the sudden the umbrella broke and everybody got rained on," Herm Edwards said on the same network.
Ex-coaches back Shanahan on Haynesworth Dan Steinberg 2010
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I talked about the difficulty of sleeping in stormy weather, stated the restlessness and semi-insomnia that the violent motion of the ship caused in me, and raised the query of how bad weather affected the officers.
CHAPTER XXXVIII 2010
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It is widely known at Whataburger which my favorite bird is the eagle since in stormy times, when all alternative birds find refuge, the eagle soars, pronounced Tom Dobson, Whataburger Restaurants, LP Chairman as well as CEO.
Archive 2009-11-01 admin 2009
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It is widely known at Whataburger which my favorite bird is the eagle since in stormy times, when all alternative birds find refuge, the eagle soars, pronounced Tom Dobson, Whataburger Restaurants, LP Chairman as well as CEO.
'Whataburger Serves' admin 2009
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There were mussels and abalones and clams and rock-oysters, and great ocean-crabs that were thrown upon the beaches in stormy weather.
CHAPTER XVIII 2010
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Those hands-free cellphone laws are most helpful in stormy weather.
Coffee Break: May 13 2008
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That they live on a coral-fringed island in stormy waters has protected them until now from those do-gooders who would "bring them into the mainstream of Indian society," as the nationalist phrase has it.
The Andamanese and Human Biodiversity Conservation Steve Sailer 2004
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That they live on a coral-fringed island in stormy waters has protected them until now from those do-gooders who would "bring them into the mainstream of Indian society," as the nationalist phrase has it.
Archive 2004-12-26 Steve Sailer 2004
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His expression stormy, Stippling drew his blade and waved it in a whistling circle above his head.
The Black Wing Kirchoff, Mary 1993
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