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stormy [ˈstɔːmɪ] adj stormier, stormiest
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) characterized by storms 2. subject to, involving, or characterized by violent disturbance or emotional outburst stormily adv storminess n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
stormy adjective 1. wild, rough, tempestuous, raging, dirty, foul, turbulent, windy, blustering, blustery, gusty, inclement, squally the long stormy winter of 1942 2. rough, wild, turbulent, tempestuous, raging the stormy waters that surround the British Isles 3. angry, heated, fierce, passionate, fiery, impassioned, tumultuous The letter was read at a stormy meeting. Translations stormy [ˈstɔːmɪ] A. ADJ (stormier (compar) (stormiest (superl))) 2. (fig) (= turbulent) [meeting, scene] → tumultuoso, turbulento; [relationship] → tormentoso B. CPD stormy petrel N (Orn) → petrel m de la tempestad (fig) → persona f pendenciera, persona f de vida borrascosa stormy [ˈstɔːrmi] adj [weather, night, seas] → orageux/euse [meeting, relationship] → orageux/euse stormy stormy [ˈstɔːmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (also) (fig) → burrascoso/a, tempestoso/a stormy [ˈstɔːmɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (also) (fig) → burrascoso/a, tempestoso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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True, we had head winds all the time, and several stormy experiences which sent fifty percent of the passengers to bed sick and made the ship look dismal and deserted--stormy experiences that all will remember who weathered them on the tumbling deck and caught the vast sheets of spray that every now and then sprang high in air from the weather bow and swept the ship like a thunder-shower; but for the most part we had balmy summer weather and nights that were even finer than the days. It was wretched weather; stormy and wet, stormy and wet; and mud, mud, mud, deep in all the streets. If navigation ever existed on the surface of the moon, it must have been wonderfully difficult and dangerous; and we may well pity the Selenite sailors and hydrographers; the former, when they came upon these perilous coasts, the latter when they took the soundings of its stormy banks. |
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