stormy
See also: Stormy
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stormy (comparative stormier, superlative stormiest)
- Of or pertaining to storms.
- Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
- a stormy season or a stormy day
- 1830, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter I, in Paul Clifford. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 1:
- It was a dark and stormy night, the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets […]
- 2011 October 7, Phil McNulty, “Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Fabio Capello insisted [Wayne] Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise.
- Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
- a stormy sound or stormy shocks
- Violent; passionate; rough.
- 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.
- 1975 December 27, Neil Miller, “Anti-Military Backlash Surfaces”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 26, page 3:
- This new anti-military consciousness surfaced at the Gay Academic Union Conference held last month in New York, where two broadsides and a meeting were held to discuss the situation. And in San Francisco, after a stormy meeting of Bay Area Gay Liberation (BAGEL), the group refused to co-sponsor a fund-raising event for former T/Sgt. Leonard Matlovich.
Synonyms
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[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.
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violent; passionate; rough
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old English stormiġ; equivalent to storm + -y.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]stormy
- Affected by an instance of intense wind and precipitation; stormy.
- Indecisive, fluctuating, inconsistent; lacking consistency or decisiveness.
- Fractious or warring; affected by conflicts or disputes.
- (rare) Bringing retribution.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “stormī, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-08.
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