stormier; stormiest
1
: relating to, characterized by, or indicative of a storm
a stormy day
a stormy autumn
2
: marked by turmoil or fury
a stormy life
a stormy conference
stormily adverb
storminess noun

Examples of stormy in a Sentence

The weather was cold and stormy. Their relationship was very stormy.
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Travel nationwide over the holiday weekend may be impacted by a stormy Northeast, which is getting hit by the same weather that passed through the Bay Area last weekend, Behringer said. Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024 Paying homage to the blockbuster, the set featured large pieces of broken metal infrastructure against a backdrop of a stormy sky with dramatic streaks of lightning and sporadic bursts of fire. Raven Brunner, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024 The weeks immediately succeeding an electoral loss, particularly a Democratic one, tend to be a stormy season of insta-postmortems and finger-pointing. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024 Black fur is detailed, though very dark objects like trees silhouetted against a stormy sky and a lioness silhouetted against a sunset lose a bit of texture in bark and fur. PCMAG, 27 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stormy 

Word History

First Known Use

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stormy was in the 12th century

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Cite this Entry

“Stormy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stormy. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

stormy

adjective
stormier; stormiest
1
: relating to, marked by, or being a sign of a storm
a stormy day
stormy skies
2
: characterized by or subject to angry or intense disagreements or strong emotional outbursts
a stormy conference
stormily adverb
storminess noun

Medical Definition

stormy

adjective
stormier; stormiest
: having alternating exacerbations and remissions of symptoms

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