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
Examples of stormy in a Sentence
The weather was cold and stormy.
Their relationship was very stormy.
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Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 10 Feb. 2026
Fox tapped makeup artist Jake Dupont and hair artist John Novotny to help create her dark and stormy aesthetic.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 10 Feb. 2026
Harkening back to the out-of-this-world aesthetics that won them broad acclaim for Poor Things, the commercial opens on a crumbling modernist edifice on a rocky outcrop in a stormy ocean.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
Tuesday’s cold front quietly swept across Texas, barely affecting Central Texas, but Southeast Texas got a stormy wake-up call in the afternoon as strong thunderstorms rolled through the region.
—Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Stormy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stormy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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stormy
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stormier; stormiest
: having alternating exacerbations and remissions of symptoms
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