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
Examples of stormy in a Sentence
The weather was cold and stormy.
Their relationship was very stormy.
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But like Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), the perplexing production choices across the re-recordings largely buried the stormy emotion of the originals.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Is that fact or fiction? North Texas has seen its fair share of rain over the month, including a stormy Memorial Day with 2.15 inches recorded at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
The incident comes amid a stormy Memorial Day weekend in the region.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 26 May 2025
While meteorologists don’t know for sure why March was so active, there were a couple of ingredients that favor tornadoes:
First, in March the climate was in a weak La Niña pattern, which is associated with a wavier and stormier jet stream and, often, with more U.S. tornadoes.
—Daniel Chavas, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 5 June 2025
Is that fact or fiction? North Texas has seen its fair share of rain over the month, including a stormy Memorial Day with 2.15 inches recorded at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 May 2025
The incident comes amid a stormy Memorial Day weekend in the region.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 26 May 2025
While meteorologists don’t know for sure why March was so active, there were a couple of ingredients that favor tornadoes:
First, in March the climate was in a weak La Niña pattern, which is associated with a wavier and stormier jet stream and, often, with more U.S. tornadoes.
—Daniel Chavas, The Conversation, 23 May 2025
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“Stormy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stormy. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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stormy
adjective
stormier; stormiest
: having alternating exacerbations and remissions of symptoms
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