Stormy Meaning
/ˈstɔɹmi/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or pertaining to storms.
adjCharacterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
Sentence Examples
Wet and stormy areas will get wetter and stormier.
The stormy weather was dreadful.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Because of the ____ weather, the boats stayed in the harbor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ weather made it very dangerous for the small fishing boats to leave the safety of the harbor.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English stormy, stormi, from Old English *stormiġ (“stormy”), equivalent to storm + -y. Cognate with Dutch stormig (“stormy”), German stürmisch (“stormy”), Swedish stormig (“stormy”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It was a dark and stormy night, the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets […]"
— 1830, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter I, in Paul Clifford. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 1:
"Fabio Capello insisted [Wayne] Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise."
— 2011 October 7, Phil McNulty, “Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England”, in BBC Sport:
"This new anti-military consciousness surfaced at the Gay Academic Union Conference held last month in New York, where two broadsides and a meeting were held to discuss the situation. And in San Francisco, after a stormy meeting of Bay Area Gay Liberation (BAGEL), the group refused to co-sponsor a fund-raising event for former T/Sgt. Leonard Matlovich."
— 1975 December 27, Neil Miller, “Anti-Military Backlash Surfaces”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 26, page 3:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Because of the ____ weather, the boats stayed in the harbor.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ weather made it very dangerous for the small fishing boats to leave the safety of the harbor.