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

The man then appears to stab and slash the tires of a bicycle in front of the building before storming off, the video shows. — Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Their new perch at the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea after storming down Yemen’s coast this month gives them better surveillance of passing ships on one of the world’s busiest waterways. — Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

In 2024, Aledo had to overcome a 19-point Ryan lead before storming back to win 42-27. — Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Sep. 2026

That followed up the first half of the season opener that saw the Broncos fall behind 17-3 and trail Memphis 20-17 at the break before storming to a 38-20 victory. — Jim Keyser, Idaho Statesman, 20 Sep. 2026

Paul clashes with Neeley, Matthews, and Draper before storming out of the party, only to return and continue arguing with the group. — Krystie Lee Yandoli, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

The man accused of storming Central Synagogue in New York City, shouting antisemitic and racial slurs, was arraigned in federal court in Lower Manhattan on Wednesday. — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026

While fans were going crazy, storming the field and soaking up the moment, the team couldn’t wait to leave that game behind. — Austin Meek, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Such mutinous talk only heightened conservative Justices’ sense that the barbarians were storming the gate. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026