stormy
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 11
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
/ˈstɔɹmi/(US)
Definition of stormy
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Of or pertaining to storms.
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adj
- Of or pertaining to storms.
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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 […]”
“Fabio Capello insisted [Wayne] Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.”
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Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
“a stormy sound or stormy shocks”
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Violent; passionate; rough.
“stormy passions a stormy relationship”
“1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure She was real at ease & at peace with herself. Didn't seem to have the stormy feeling I've had lately.”
“This new anti-military consciousness surfaced at the Gay Academic Union Conference held last month in New York, where two broadsides and a meeting were held to discuss the situation. And in San Francisco, after a stormy meeting of Bay Area Gay Liberation (BAGEL), the group refused to co-sponsor a fund-raising event for former T/Sgt. Leonard Matlovich.”
name
- A female given name from English.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
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”).
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