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storm

/stoːm/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.66 in modern English

Syllables
storm
IPA
/stoːm/
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

noun

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

noun

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

noun

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

Canadian usage; American usage; Dated

noun

Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

noun

A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).

noun

A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.

noun

A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English storm (“disturbed state of the atmosphere; heavy precipitation; battle, conflict; attack”) [and other forms], from Old English storm (“tempest, storm; attack; storm of arrows; disquiet, disturbance, tumult, uproar; onrush, rush”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *sturm (“storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to agitate, stir up; to propel; to urge on”). Related to stir. Cognates * Danish storm (“storm”) * Dutch storm (“storm”) * German Sturm (“storm”) * Icelandic stormur (“storm”) * Low German storm (“storm”) * Norwegian Bokmål storm (“storm”) * Norwegian Nynorsk storm (“storm”) * Scots storm (“storm”) * Swedish storm (“storm”) * West Frisian stoarm (“storm”)

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *(s)twerH-, storm, *sturm, *sturmaz, stormen

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /stoːm/
  • British English: /stɔːm/

Usage

Inflected Forms

storms (plural) storms (present, singular) storming (participle, present) stormed (participle, past) stormed (past) no-table-tags (table tags) glossary (inflection template) stormed (first person, past) stormest (archaic, present) stormed (past, second person) stormedst (archaic, past) stormeth (archaic, present)

Derived Forms

bestorm Frankenstorm hailstorm hellstorm icestorm mailstorm midstorm poststorm prestorm stormbound stormchaser stormcloud

Phrases

any port in a storm ark storm brain storm brain-storm calm before the storm cook up a storm Desert Storm syndrome dust storm

Frequently Paired Words

blizzard hydrometeor breeze gale hurricane

Synonyms

cyclone tempest tumult aggravate annoy nettle rankle ruffle sting burn someone's ass antagonize bother

Rhymes With

form warm perform reform inform transform norm dorm conform swarm lukewarm deform

Questions

How do you pronounce storm?
The recorded pronunciation is /stoːm/.
What does storm mean?
Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
Where does storm come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce storm

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