Synonyms of stormed

stormed

verb

past tense of storm

1

as in raged

to express one's anger usually violently

the chef spent the morning storming at his staff about the ruined sauces

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raged
• rampaged
• bristled
• fumed
• raved
• steamed
• fretted
• ran amok
• made a scene
• burned
• ranted
• blustered
• flared (up)
• seethed
• foamed
• carried on
• flipped (out)
• smoldered
• fulminated
• took on
• blew up
• stewed
• chafed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collected
• checked
• contained
• composed
• suppressed
• restrained
• swallowed
• soothed
• subdued
• stifled
• smothered
• repressed
• strangled
• tempered
• choked (back)
• appeased
• pacified
• eased
• reined
• relaxed
• curbed
• moderated
• cooled
• pocketed
• settled
• allayed
• calmed
• quieted
• stilled
• toned (down)
• hushed
• quelled
• let up

2

as in rained

to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds

it storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rained
• poured
• flooded
• precipitated
• drowned
• showered
• rained cats and dogs
• hailed
• spit
• engulfed
• inundated
• deluged
• swamped
• squalled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spit
• sprinkled
• drizzled
• misted
• mizzled

3

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against

the pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• raided
• assaulted
• struck
• ambushed
• swarmed
• robbed
• charged
• rushed
• invaded
• assailed
• turned (on)
• set at
• set on
• bushwhacked
• trashed
• beset
• descended (on or upon)
• jumped (on)
• set upon
• went in (on)
• rounded on
• sicced
• flew at
• pounced (on or upon)
• mobbed
• went at
• surprised
• bombed
• pitched into
• flanked
• besieged
• tore into
• sacked
• lit into
• blitzed
• waylaid
• bombarded
• beat up on
• ravaged
• plundered
• barraged
• mugged
• bum-rushed
• pillaged
• looted
• battered
• buffeted
• nuked
• ganged up (on)
• beleaguered
• plastered
• overran
• enveloped
• cannonaded
• cannoned
• harried
• ambuscaded
• pressed
• forayed
• banged away (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• secured
• covered
• protected
• defended
• guarded
• shielded

4

as in steamed

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

by the time we arrived, our hostess was storming because dinner was ruined

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raged
• steamed
• burned
• shook
• fumed
• boiled
• seethed
• foamed
• sizzled
• rankled
• agitated
• ranted
• saw red
• raved
• smoldered
• convulsed
• bristled
• fulminated
• inflamed
• flared (up)
• roiled
• stewed
• chafed
• fretted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stormed

Teams of soldiers on Tuesday stormed Tambopata National Park, a spot in the Peruvian Amazon in the southeastern Madre de Dios region visited by an average of 40,000 tourists per year. — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Phoenix reportedly stormed off the set of Haynes’ movie in July 2024 in Guadalajara, Mexico. — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2026

Howell stormed out of the bodega following an argument with the victim, only to return half an hour later wearing different clothes and immediately approach Askew. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026

Ben Johnson was hired as his replacement, and the Bears stormed to the NFC North title in his first season, then won a playoff game for the first time since January 2011. — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026

To make matters worse, ten days later, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille. — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Residents of a Newark, New Jersey, apartment complex got a startling wakeup call Sunday morning when police in tactical gear, responding to reports of multiple people shot, stormed their building. — Andrew Ramos, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

Two years later, on May 21, 1990, hundreds of protesters stormed the offices of the National Institutes of Health. — Michael Collins, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

As the board voted to pursue the study, Living Wage for All campaigner Dee Lacey leaped from his front-row chair and stormed out of the chambers. — Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2026