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Definition of "stormy" []

  • Subject to, characterized by, or affected by storms; tempestuous. (adjective)
  • Characterized by violent emotions, passions, speech, or actions: a stormy argument. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "stormy" in a sentence
  • ""It's what I call a stormy romance, that all of the sudden the umbrella broke and everybody got rained on," Herm Edwards said on the same network."
  • "Pilotshark Sponsored by Boeing says: pezmiztix says: STORM says: jmunny says: and Kenneth; here the help you need, and your group still needs a leader, right now stormy is in the lead as he did come out of the closet."
  • "There were mussels and abalones and clams and rock-oysters, and great ocean-crabs that were thrown upon the beaches in stormy weather."