Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stormy"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Stormy \Storm"y\, a. [Compar. {Stormier}; superl. {Stormiest}.]
1. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to
storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous;
tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week.
``Beyond the stormy Hebrides.'' --Milton.

2. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury; as, a stormy
sound; stormy shocks.

3. Violent; passionate; rough; as, stormy passions.

Stormy chiefs of a desert but extensive domain.
--Sir W.
Scott.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

stormy
adj 1: (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms
or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"
[ant: {calm}]
2: characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy
argument"; "a stormy marriage"


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