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stormy

See also: Stormy

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Etymology

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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”).

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stormy (comparative stormier, superlative stormiest)

  1. Of or pertaining to storms.
  2. 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.
  3. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
    a stormy sound or stormy shocks
  4. 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.

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old English stormiġ; equivalent to storm +‎ -y.

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stormy

  1. Affected by an instance of intense wind and precipitation; stormy.
  2. Indecisive, fluctuating, inconsistent; lacking consistency or decisiveness.
  3. Fractious or warring; affected by conflicts or disputes.
  4. (rare) Bringing retribution.

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  • English: stormy
  • Scots: stormy

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