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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion;
- Example: "a stormy day"
- Example: "wide and stormy seas"

2. characterized by violent emotions or behavior;
- Example: "a stormy argument"
- Example: "a stormy marriage"
[syn: stormy, tempestuous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Stormy \Storm"y\, a. [Compar. Stormier; superl. Stormiest.]
   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.
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   2. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy
      sound; stormy shocks.
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   3. Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions.
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            Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain.
                                                  --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stormy
    adj 1: (especially of weather) affected or characterized by
           storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy
           seas" [ant: calm]
    2: characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy
       argument"; "a stormy marriage" [syn: stormy, tempestuous]