storm´i|ness

storm´i|ness
storm|y «STR mee», adjective, storm|i|er, storm|i|est.
1. having a storm or storms; likely to have storms; troubled by storms: »

a stormy sea, a stormy night, stormy weather.

SYNONYM(S): tempestuous, blustery, windy.
2. Figurative. rough and disturbed; violent: »

They had stormy quarrels.

SYNONYM(S): wild.
storm´i|ly, adverb.
storm´i|ness, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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