adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to storms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
stormy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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US: stôr'mē
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US: /ˈstɔɹmi/
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)mi
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CMU ARPABET: S T AO1 R M IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a stormy season or a stormy day
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: angry
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a stormy sound or stormy shocks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Violent; passionate; rough.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- stormy passions a stormy relationship
- 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure She was real at ease & at peace with herself. Didn't seem to have the stormy feeling I've had lately.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 5
A female given name from English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 6
(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a stormy day
- wide and stormy seas
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: calm
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
characterized by violent emotions or behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a stormy argument
- a stormy marriage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tempestuous
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English stormy, stormi, from Old English *stormiġ (“stormy”), equivalent to storm + -y. Cognate with Dutch stormig (“stormy”), German stürmisch (“stormy”), Swedish stormig (“stormy”).
From stormy.
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عَاصِف (ʕāṣif) — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Aromanian: furtunos — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Basque: ekaiztsu — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Bulgarian: бурен (buren) — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Catalan: tempestuós — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Catalan: borrascós — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Dutch: stormachtig — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Esperanto: ŝtorma — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Estonian: tormine — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Finnish: myrskyinen — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- French: orageux — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- German: stürmisch — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Hungarian: viharos — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Irish: anfach — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Irish: anfúil — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Italian: tempestoso — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Japanese: 荒れた (areta) — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Latin: procellōsus — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Māori: pōkākā — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Māori: puhoro — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Māori: hūkerikeri — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Māori: tātāhau — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Māori: tarakaka — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Old English: ȳstiġ — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Polish: burzowy — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Portuguese: tempestuoso — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Romanian: furtunos — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Russian: штормово́й (štormovój) — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Russian: бурево́й (burevój) — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Scottish Gaelic: stoirmeil — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Serbo-Croatian: òlūjnī — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Spanish: borrascoso — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Spanish: tempestuoso — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Spanish: tormentoso — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Swedish: stormig — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Turkish: fırtınalı — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Vietnamese: nổi sóng — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Welsh: stormus — of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
- Catalan: tempestuós — violent; passionate; rough
- German: stürmisch — violent; passionate; rough
- Hungarian: viharos — violent; passionate; rough
- Japanese: 荒れた (areta) — violent; passionate; rough
- Latin: turbulentus — violent; passionate; rough
- Māori: totoa — violent; passionate; rough
- Māori: tātāhau — violent; passionate; rough
- Māori: tarakaka — violent; passionate; rough
- Polish: burzliwy — violent; passionate; rough
- Russian: бу́рный (búrnyj) — violent; passionate; rough
- Russian: бу́йный (bújnyj) — violent; passionate; rough
- Russian: неи́стовый (neístovyj) — violent; passionate; rough
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