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Definition of Stormy

1. Adjective. (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion. "Wide and stormy seas"

2. Adjective. Characterized by violent emotions or behavior. "A stormy marriage"

Definition of Stormy

1. a. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week.

Definition of Stormy

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to storms. ¹

2. Adjective. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain. ¹

3. Adjective. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury. ¹

4. Adjective. Violent; passionate; rough. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Stormy

1. storming [adj STORMIER, STORMIEST] : STORMILY [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Stormy

stormless stormlike stormproof storms stormtide stormtides stormtossed stormtost stormtrooper stormtroopers

stormwater stormwaters stormwind stormwinds stormworthy stormy (current term) stormy petrel storven story story arc

story arcs story beat story beats story editor story of my life story of one's life storyboard storyboarded storyboarder storyboarders

Literary usage of Stormy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"THE stormy PETREL A THOUSAND miles from land are we, Tossing about on the roaring sea; From billow to bounding billow cast, Like fleecy snow on the stormy ..."

2. Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse by Anna Sewell (1904)
"A stormy DAY ONE day late in the autumn, my master had a long journey to go on business. I was put into the dog-cart, and John went with his master. ..."

3. The woman in white by Wilkie Collins (1871)
"The one man who would give his heart's life to serve you, is far away, tossing, this stormy night, on the awful sea. Who else is left to you ? ..."

4. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"... left the bank of dark, stormy clouds astern, in the twilight. CHAPTER XXX. Friday, Sept. 16th. Lat. 38° N., Ion. 69° 00' W. A fine southwest wind; ..."

5. History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 1649-1656 by Samuel Rawson Gardiner (1903)
"After the A stormy' ambassador had refused point-blank to buy the i .1 am. friendship of England, and had declared it to be im- '.See p. 128. ..."

6. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"... Islands—The Cape Verde Islands—Sea life — Arrival at Pernambuco—A bill against the Brazilian government—Preparing for the stormy weather of the cape. ..."

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