stormier; stormiest
1
: relating to, characterized by, or indicative of a storm
a stormy day
a stormy autumn
2
: marked by turmoil or fury
a stormy life
a stormy conference
stormily adverb
storminess noun

Examples of stormy in a Sentence

The weather was cold and stormy. Their relationship was very stormy.
Recent Examples on the Web Community members held candles and sparklers throughout the chilly evening event, which was planned to resume rain or shine on the heel of a stormy day. Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024 Forecast in detail It’s been a stormy winter until the last 10 days or so. Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2024 Last season, a spot opened unexpectedly on the New York Philharmonic’s calendar, and the ensemble snapped up the preternaturally gifted musician for an electric, smoothly confident rendition of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto, which didn’t shortchange the work’s stormy passions. The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2024 In the past, this period has proved quite stormy — especially during El Niño years like the present one. Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024 The video for the song finds Nayeon, Jeongyeon, Momo, Sana, Jihyo, Mina, Dahyun, Chaeyoung and Tzuyu snuggling up together inside a ship’s cabin as it is tossed by stormy seas. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Feb. 2024 Another top editor, Shani Hilton, stepped down last week, bringing to three the number of top editors who have exited during a stormy period at The Times. Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2024 Her roommate, Morgan Sampson, told of a stormy history between Cayley and Howerton, including one particularly disturbing incident just a few weeks before Cayley's death. Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2024 The surf slams, invisible a few feet away in the profound blackness, the undertow sucking back, the stormy breeze dizzying. Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stormy was in the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Stormy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stormy. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

stormy

adjective
stormier; stormiest
1
: relating to, marked by, or being a sign of a storm
a stormy day
stormy skies
2
: characterized by or subject to angry or intense disagreements or strong emotional outbursts
a stormy conference
stormily adverb
storminess noun

Medical Definition

stormy

adjective
stormier; stormiest
: having alternating exacerbations and remissions of symptoms

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