adj
stormy
STAWR-mee
adj
1
Marked by storms or violent weather.
"A stormy night kept everyone indoors."
2
Full of intense emotion, argument, or conflict.
"The couple had a famously stormy relationship."
How to Use Stormy
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishEither literally full of bad weather, or figuratively full of conflict and passion.
Common pairings
stormy weather
stormy relationship
stormy seas
Word Forms
stormier comparative, stormiest superlative
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Etymology
From Old English *stormiġ, from storm plus the adjective suffix -y.