noun
Meaning 1
The state or quality of being stormy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
storminess
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CMU ARPABET: S T AO1 R M IY0 N IH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The severity of a storm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 3
violent passion in speech or action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- frightened by the storminess of their argument
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Broader terms: passion, passionateness
noun
Meaning 4
the state of being stormy
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he dreaded the storminess of the North Atlantic in winter
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: bad weather, inclemency, inclementness
Narrower terms: boisterousness, breeziness, windiness, tempestuousness, choppiness, roughness, rough water
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English stormy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English storminess From stormy + -ness.