Stormy - English meaning

adjective

Feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.

Usage examples:

An angry customer

adjective

Having the feeling people get when something unfair, painful, or bad happens

Usage examples:

An angry mob, i hope you aren’t angry with me., he angrily slammed the door.

adjective

Windy or windswept.

Usage examples:

A blowy day

adjective

With a lot of wind

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A blowy day

adjective

(of weather) characterized by strong winds.

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A gusty, blustery day

adjective

(of the weather) stormy and windy

Usage examples:

A cold and blustery night

adjective

Noisy, energetic, and cheerful.

Usage examples:

A group of boisterous lads

adjective

Noisy and not controlled

Usage examples:

The audience burst into boisterous laughter.

adjective

(of a sea, lake, or river) having many small waves.

Usage examples:

Sea conditions are often very choppy

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

adjective

Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.

Usage examples:

A foul odour

noun

(in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

Usage examples:

The midfielder was booked for a foul on ford

adverb

Contrary to the rules; unfairly.

Usage examples:

That's the real problem: even guys who want to play fair are under pressure from cheaters to play f…

adjective

Extremely angry.

Usage examples:

He was furious when he learned about it

adjective

Characterized by or blowing in gusts.

Usage examples:

Gusty winds

adjective

With sudden, strong winds

Usage examples:

The forecast was for gusty winds and rain.

adjective

Producing a long, doleful cry or wailing sound.

Usage examples:

Howling wolves

verb

Make a howling sound.

Usage examples:

He howled in agony

adjective

(of the wind) blowing hard and making a lot of noise

Usage examples:

Once we played crazy golf in a howling gale., the hurricane's howling destructive winds just missed…

adjective

(of the weather) unpleasantly cold or wet.

Usage examples:

Walkers should be prepared for inclement weather

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell

noun

An unpleasant or harmful person or thing.

Usage examples:

A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties

Offensive or even (of persons) malicious

adjective

Showing rage.

Usage examples:

A raging bull

verb

Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger.

Usage examples:

He raged at the futility of it all

adjective

Very severe or extreme

Usage examples:

A raging toothache, a raging thirst, he's got a raging (= high) temperature., a raging bore, a ragi…

adjective

(of weather, a period, or an area) having or characterized by considerable rainfall.

Usage examples:

A rainy afternoon

adjective

Raining a lot

Usage examples:

We had three rainy days on holiday, but otherwise it was sunny.

adjective

Making or uttering a roar.

Usage examples:

He was greeted everywhere with roaring crowds

verb

(of a lion or other large wild animal) utter a full, deep, prolonged cry.

Usage examples:

We heard a lion roar

adjective

A roaring fire is very large, noisy, and bright.

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

adjective

(of weather) characterized by squalls.

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Squally showers

adjective

With sudden strong winds or short storms

Usage examples:

There is some squally weather on its way., a sudden squally shower threatened to blow my umbrella i…

adjective

Characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion.

Usage examples:

He had a reckless and tempestuous streak

adjective

Used to describe weather or a storm, etc. in which there is thunder

adjective

Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not stable or calm.

Usage examples:

The country's turbulent history

adjective

Full of confusion; lacking order

Usage examples:

His book discusses the turbulent years of the civil rights struggle., turbulent seas kept us from s…

adjective

Experiencing many problems, disagreements, or changes

Usage examples:

A turbulent time/period/year the publishing world is going through a turbulent time at the moment.,…

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him

adjective

Characterized by or exposed to strong winds.

Usage examples:

A very windy day

adjective

(of a road or river) following a curving or twisting course.

Usage examples:

The long windy path

adjective

With a lot of wind

Usage examples:

It was a windy night., it was wet and windy for most of the week.