perfect storm

noun

: a critical or disastrous situation created by a powerful concurrence of factors

Examples of perfect storm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This is unfortunately a perfect storm for things like substance use. — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Venus and Mercury’s dual retrogrades through Scorpio are brewing a perfect storm of kismet for your travels. — Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026

The movie, written by Joanna Murray-Smith (who based the screenplay on her play Switzerland) and directed by Anton Corbijn, sounds like a perfect storm. — John Ross, Vanity Fair, 10 Sep. 2026

The new Ground Zero for fraud is in California, where a perfect storm of bad government has formed in the last few years. — John Fund, Oc Register, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1998, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for perfect storm

• chloroform
• coliform
• cribriform
• cruciform
• filiform
• fusiform
• isoform
• microform
• multiform
• outperform
• piriform
• plexiform