stormy
/ˈstɔɹmi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to storms.
adj
Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.
adj
Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.
adj
name
A female given name from English.
Example Sentences
- "a stormy season or a stormy day"
- "It was a dark and stormy night, the rain fell in torrents—except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets […]"
- "Fabio Capello insisted [Wayne] Rooney was in the right frame of mind to play in stormy Podgorica despite his father's arrest on Thursday in a probe into alleged betting irregularities, but his flash of temper - when he kicked out at Miodrag Dzudovic - suggested otherwise."
- "a stormy sound or stormy shocks"
- "stormy passions a stormy relationship"
- "1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure She was real at ease & at peace with herself. Didn't seem to have the stormy feeling I've had lately."
Etymology
From Middle English stormy, stormi, from Old English *stormiġ (“stormy”), equivalent to storm + -y. Cognate with Dutch stormig (“stormy”), German stürmisch (“stormy”), Swedish stormig (“stormy”).
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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈstɔɹmi/