stormier; stormiest
1
: relating to, characterized by, or indicative of a storm
a stormy day
a stormy autumn
2
: marked by turmoil or fury
a stormy life
a stormy conference
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The weather was cold and stormy.
Their relationship was very stormy.
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Not only are storms now stormier, Dubbeldam says; droughts are also drier.
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Christine Ro, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Travel nationwide over the holiday weekend may be impacted by a stormy Northeast, which is getting hit by the same weather that passed through the Bay Area last weekend, Behringer said.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
Paying homage to the blockbuster, the set featured large pieces of broken metal infrastructure against a backdrop of a stormy sky with dramatic streaks of lightning and sporadic bursts of fire.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
The weeks immediately succeeding an electoral loss, particularly a Democratic one, tend to be a stormy season of insta-postmortems and finger-pointing.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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Christine Ro, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Travel nationwide over the holiday weekend may be impacted by a stormy Northeast, which is getting hit by the same weather that passed through the Bay Area last weekend, Behringer said.
—Caelyn Pender, The Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2024
Paying homage to the blockbuster, the set featured large pieces of broken metal infrastructure against a backdrop of a stormy sky with dramatic streaks of lightning and sporadic bursts of fire.
—Raven Brunner, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
The weeks immediately succeeding an electoral loss, particularly a Democratic one, tend to be a stormy season of insta-postmortems and finger-pointing.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Stormy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stormy. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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stormy
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stormier; stormiest
: having alternating exacerbations and remissions of symptoms
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