stormy Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
    • a stormy day
    • wide and stormy seas
  2. adjective satellite characterized by violent emotions or behavior
    tempestuous.
    • a stormy argument
    • a stormy marriage

WordNet


Storm"y adjective
Wordforms
comparative Stormier ; superlative Stormiest
Definitions
  1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week. "Beyond the stormy Hebrides." Milton.
  2. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks.
  3. Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions.
    Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain. Sir W. Scott.

Webster 1913