stormy

Adjective
Synonyms: tempestuous

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion“a stormy day”“wide and stormy seas”
  2. characterized by violent emotions or behavior“a stormy argument”“a stormy marriage”Synonyms: tempestuous
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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. [1913 Webster]

2.Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy sound; stormy shocks. [1913 Webster]

3.Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions. [1913 Webster]

Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain.— Sir W. Scott.[1913 Webster]
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