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

Or what about storming the field, the tradition that follows a momentous win, when order dissolves and players brace themselves for a horde of fans pouring out of the stands. — Ira Gorawara, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

That’s been the story of this third season, one that started with Rhaenyra storming the castle and taking the Iron Throne and then promptly saw her get picked apart by dozens of unforeseen calamities. — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Despite a 25% decline in gold from its high in January, proponents of the precious metal are storming into bullish call positions after almost two months of sideways action gives way to a rally Friday following weak jobs data. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026

Hours later mobs of his supporters did that, storming the Capitol and using flagpoles, bats, and pipes to attack overwhelmed law enforcement. — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Aug. 2026

But Monoman couldn’t resist storming the stage, even at a benefit for his own health crisis. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2026

Since storming onto the scene midway through last season to unanimously win the American League Rookie of the Year, Kurtz has been one of the best hitters in the league and one of few consistent presences in an A’s lineup marred by injuries. — Sean Campbell, Sacbee.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Fatal influence cut off their offense, but Brie came storming back with a big right hand. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Moroccan forces beat back crowds with batons and tear gas at the gates to Ceuta, trying to prevent more from storming across into the tiny Spanish territory that juts on a spit of sandy land into the Mediterranean from Morocco. — Michael Francis Gore, USA Today, 31 July 2026