Meaning

4 senses
  1. Of or pertaining to storms.

    stürmisch

    штормово́йštormovój, бурево́йburevój

    (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion

  2. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.

    a stormy season or a stormy day

  3. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.

    a stormy sound or stormy shocks

  4. Violent; passionate; rough.

    stormy passions a stormy relationship

    stürmisch

    бу́рныйbúrnyj, бу́йныйbújnyj, неи́стовыйneístovyj

    characterized by violent emotions or behavior

Examples

49 sentences
  1. The evening he died was stormy.

    deDer Abend, an dem er starb, war stürmisch. — Manfredo

  2. It was stormy the day before yesterday.

    deVorgestern war es stürmisch. — Boshnjanin

  3. He must be crazy to go out in this stormy weather.

    ruОн должен быть сумасшедшим, чтобы отправиться в такой шторм. — odexed

  4. It was a dark and stormy night.

    ruСтояла тёмная и ненастная ночь. — fjay69

    deEs war eine dunkle und stürmische Nacht. — Tenshi

  5. It's hard to fall asleep on stormy summer nights.

    В горобині ночі тяжко заснути. — Ahha

    ruЛетними грозовыми ночами сложно уснуть. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.:
violent; passionate; rough:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to storms; strong winds, rough seas, heavy rain etc.:

Origin

From Middle English stormy, stormi, from Old English *stormiġ (“stormy”), equivalent to st

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”).

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Forms

stormier, stormiest
Comparativestormier Lesson
Superlativestormiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • characterized by violent emotions or behavior:tempestuous

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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