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storm·y  (stôrm)
adj. storm·i·er, storm·i·est
1. Subject to, characterized by, or affected by storms; tempestuous.
2. Characterized by violent emotions, passions, speech, or actions: a stormy argument.

stormi·ly adv.
stormi·ness n.

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
Adj.1.stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"
inclement - (of weather or climate) severe
unpeaceful - not peaceful; "unpeaceful times"; "an unpeaceful marriage"
calm - (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas"
2.stormy - characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy argument"; "a stormy marriage"
unpeaceful - not peaceful; "unpeaceful times"; "an unpeaceful marriage"

stormy
adjective
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)))
1. (lit) [weather, night, skies] → tormentoso
it's stormyhay tormenta
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
adj (+er) (lit, fig)stürmisch; discussion also, temperhitzig; protestsheftig; he has a stormy temperer ist jähzornig; stormy waters (fig)turbulente Zeiten pl

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

stormy عاصف bouřlivý stormende stürmisch θυελλώδης tempestuoso myrskyinen orageux olujni tempestoso 嵐の 폭풍의 stormachtig stormfull burzowy tempestuoso бурный stormig ราวกับพายุ fırtınalı bão táp 狂风暴雨的


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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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