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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The second is a stormy area moving over the northern Caribbean that could become a tropical depression this weekend and potentially Tropical Storm Imelda not long after.
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
And with the sonic submarine yanked prematurely to a stormy surface, the rain, lightning and thunder began again.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
Indiana's weather is off to a stormy start this week, but the rainclouds won't last, according to one seasonal forecast.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
My daughter's jacket has already kept her warm through a stormy hike in Boulder and tropical monsoons in Mumbai.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
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Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
And with the sonic submarine yanked prematurely to a stormy surface, the rain, lightning and thunder began again.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 22 Sep. 2025
Indiana's weather is off to a stormy start this week, but the rainclouds won't last, according to one seasonal forecast.
—John Tufts, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025
My daughter's jacket has already kept her warm through a stormy hike in Boulder and tropical monsoons in Mumbai.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for stormy
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“Stormy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stormy. Accessed 26 Sep. 2025.
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stormy
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stormier; stormiest
: having alternating exacerbations and remissions of symptoms
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