stormy
/ˈstɔɹmi/
stormy adjective: of or pertaining to storms.
Adjective
stormy (comparative stormier, superlative stormiest)
- Of or pertaining to storms.
- Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
- a stormy season or a stormy day
- It was a dark and stormy night, the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets […]1830, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter I, in Paul Clifford. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 1
- Synonyms:
- angry
- Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
- a stormy sound or stormy shocks
- Violent; passionate; rough.
- stormy passions a stormy relationship
- She was real at ease & at peace with herself. Didn't seem to have the stormy feeling I've had lately.1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Proper noun capitalized: Stormy
Stormy
- A female given name from English.
stormy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
stormy in Hindi
- तूफानी, तूफ़ानी
stormy in Tamil
- அமைதியற்ற, கொந்தளிப்பான, புயலார்ந்த
stormy in Marathi
- वादळमय, वादळग्रस्त
stormy in Urdu
- شور انگیز, طوفانی
More languagesFewer languages
- stormy in Bengali
- ঝড়ো jhoṛō
- stormy in Malayalam
- കോളുളള, പരുഷമായ, കോപിച്ച
- stormy in Kannada
- ಬಿರುಗಾಳಿಯಿಂದ ಕೂಡಿದ
- stormy in Punjabi
- ਤੂਫ਼ਾਨੀ, ਤੂਫਾਨੀ
- stormy in Gujarati
- તોફાની
- stormy in Arabic
- عَاصِف ʕāṣif
- stormy in Vietnamese
- nổi sóng
Examples of stormy in a sentence
- It was wonderfully stormy and dark on the night when the ship went down.
- It was a stormy day and it was slap-bang in the middle of the fair weather season.
- What stormy weather —the roofs are blowing off!
Synonyms of stormy
Antonyms
Forms of stormy
| comparative | stormier |
|---|---|
| superlative | stormiest |
Origin of stormy
From Middle English stormy, stormi, from Old English *stormiġ (“stormy”), equivalent to storm + -y. Cognate with Dutch stormig (“stormy”), German stürmisch (“stormy”), Swedish stormig (“stormy”).
From stormy.
Words formed from stormy
Phrases with stormy
Words that rhyme with stormy
Questions about stormy
- What does stormy mean?
- Stormy means of or pertaining to storms.
- What is stormy in Hindi?
- Stormy in Hindi is तूफानी, तूफ़ानी. See Stormy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is stormy?
- Stormy can be an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce stormy?
- Stormy is pronounced /ˈstɔɹmi/ (US).
Words near stormy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stormy (page history and authors); Stormy (page history and authors); stormy (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stormy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stormy (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stormy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ঝড়ো (Bengali) (page history and authors); stormy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); stormy (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stormy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); stormy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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