storm cloud

storm cloud
noun
a heavy dark cloud presaging rain or a storm (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms: ↑cloud

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storm cloud,
1. a cloud that brings or threatens storm.
2. Figurative: »

He ran out of capital…as the storm clouds of the second world war began to gather (Harper's).

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n. a heavy, dark rain cloud
■ storm clouds used in reference to a threatening or ominous state of affairs

the beginning of the decade saw storm clouds gathering over Europe

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noun, pl ⋯ clouds [count]
: a dark cloud which shows that a storm is coming
— sometimes used figuratively

Economic storm clouds loom on the horizon.

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ˈstorm cloud [storm cloud] noun usually plural
a dark cloud that you see when bad weather is coming

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Above the mountains, storm clouds were gathering.

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(figurative)

The storm clouds of revolution were gathering.


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