Synonyms of storming

storming

verb

present participle of storm

1

as in raging

to express one's anger usually violently

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raging
• rampaging
• bristling
• fuming
• raving
• steaming
• fretting
• running amok
• burning
• making a scene
• blustering
• foaming
• ranting
• fulminating
• seething
• smoldering
• flaring (up)
• carrying on
• stewing
• flipping (out)
• taking on
• blowing up
• chafing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collecting
• containing
• restraining
• checking
• soothing
• composing
• suppressing
• curbing
• subduing
• repressing
• stifling
• swallowing
• smothering
• strangling
• pacifying
• appeasing
• choking (back)
• moderating
• tempering
• allaying
• reining
• relaxing
• cooling
• easing
• pocketing
• settling
• calming
• quieting
• toning (down)
• quelling
• stilling
• letting up
• hushing

2

as in raining

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

• raining
• pouring
• precipitating
• flooding
• drowning
• spitting
• showering
• raining cats and dogs
• hailing
• inundating
• squalling
• swamping
• engulfing
• deluging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spitting
• sprinkling
• drizzling
• misting
• mizzling

3

as in attacking

to take sudden, violent action against

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacking
• assaulting
• raiding
• ambushing
• striking
• robbing
• charging
• rushing
• swarming
• invading
• assailing
• trashing
• turning (on)
• descending (on or upon)
• siccing
• flying at
• besetting
• jumping (on)
• setting on
• going in (on)
• setting at
• tearing into
• bushwhacking
• setting upon
• pouncing (on or upon)
• going at
• pitching into
• besieging
• flanking
• bombing
• beating up on
• sacking
• bombarding
• battering
• mobbing
• rounding on
• surprising
• ravaging
• blitzing
• plundering
• lighting into
• waylaying
• barraging
• mugging
• nuking
• bum-rushing
• looting
• pillaging
• cannoning
• beleaguering
• cannonading
• buffeting
• ganging up (on)
• overrunning
• harrying
• enveloping
• ambuscading
• plastering
• banging away (at)
• pressing
• foraying

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• protecting
• covering
• securing
• defending
• guarding
• shielding

4

as in steaming

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

• raging
• steaming
• burning
• boiling
• foaming
• shaking
• seething
• fuming
• sizzling
• agitating
• raving
• ranting
• rankling
• fulminating
• seeing red
• smoldering
• bristling
• inflaming
• stewing
• convulsing
• roiling
• flaring (up)
• fretting
• chafing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of storming

As for the ever-competitive Lead Actress category, CBS’ Beyond the Gates is finally storming the Emmys after debuting last February. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

There was a dominant Mercedes driver storming to yet another victory, crushing the hopes of a title rival. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 7 July 2026

Sacramento improved to 2-0 in the California Classic after storming back from an 18-point deficit to beat the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday. — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2026

Speedy Jonah Cox replaced Devers, who tried to shoo him away before relenting and storming through the dugout. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 21 June 2026

But to compare them with Thomas Jefferson or American soldiers storming the beaches of Normandy is absurd and more than a little insulting. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026

Trump's displeasure eventually culminated in him ripping off his lapel mic and storming off the set. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

For all the prior cinematic depictions of storming bunkers and camaraderie under fire, Pressure offers us the quiet heroism of rational restraint in the figure of James Stagg, who weathered his inner storms and bore the courage to be disliked. — Daniel Jonah Wolpert, NPR, 29 May 2026

This revolutionary fervor culminated in both Fidel and Raúl, with roughly 140 rebel revolutionaries in tow, storming Cuba’s second-largest military installation, the Moncada Barracks, in July 1953. — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 20 May 2026