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stormcloud

stormcloud is the alternative form of storm cloud.

Meaning of storm cloud

Noun

storm cloud (plural storm clouds)

  1. A dark and ominous cloud that appears to indicate a coming storm.
    • Uncertainty hangs over the industry like a storm cloud on a summer's day, preventing long-term planning and investment.2023 March 8, Christian Wolmar, “Labour passes up the chance to deliver a forceful rail policy”, in RAIL, number 978, page 35
  2. (broadly, figuratively) A sign that serious trouble, conflict, or misfortune is approaching.

Forms of stormcloud

pluralstormclouds

Origin of stormcloud

From storm + cloud.

Words formed from stormcloud

Questions about stormcloud

What is stormcloud the alternative form of?
Stormcloud is the alternative form of storm cloud.

Words near stormcloud in the dictionary

  1. stormbound
  2. stormbringer
  3. Stormbrook
  4. stormchaser
  5. stormchasers
  6. stormcloud
  7. stormclouded
  8. stormclouds
  9. stormcock
  10. stormcocks
  11. storme

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Adapted from Wiktionary: stormcloud (page history and authors); storm cloud (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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