stormy
Wild with weather
Stormy describes weather marked by strong winds, heavy rain, thunder, or other violent atmospheric conditions: a stormy night, stormy seas.
The word extends to turbulent situations or relationships: a stormy debate, their stormy marriage.
A stormy expression suggests visible anger or agitation.
Atmospheric electrical discharge
- downpourIntense precipitation event
- galeSevere sustained wind
- squallBrief, violent windstorm
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
typhoon · cyclone · tornado · monsoon · deluge · cloudburst · tempest · nor'easter
Liable to sudden change
- tempestuousWildly agitated or volatile
- turbulentViolently agitated or disturbed
- tumultuousViolently agitated or disturbed
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
fiery · explosive · heated · intense · mercurial · unpredictable · dramatic · overwrought
Violently agitated or disturbed
- rockyCovered with stones
- troubledExperiencing distress or anxiety
- volatileLiable to sudden change
- passionateIntensely emotional or enthusiastic
tempestuous · on-again-off-again · dramatic · intense · fiery · quarrelsome · turbulent · contentious
Violently agitated or disturbed
- choppyBroken into waves
- roughUneven in surface
- heavingMoving up and down
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
tossed · roiled · whitecaps · breakers · squall · tempest-tossed · shipwreck · maelstrom
Absence of light
- overcastSky fully veiled
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- threateningExpressing intent to harm
leaden · grey · glowering · lowering · menacing · foreboding · murky · sullen
lightning
Atmospheric electrical discharge
hurricane · typhoon · cyclone · tornado · monsoon · deluge · cloudburst · tempest · nor'easter · blizzard
volatile
Liable to sudden change
- tempestuousWildly agitated or volatile
- turbulentViolently agitated or disturbed
- tumultuousViolently agitated or disturbed
passionate · fiery · explosive · heated · intense · mercurial · unpredictable · dramatic · overwrought · agitated
tumultuous
Violently agitated or disturbed
passionate · tempestuous · on-again-off-again · dramatic · intense · fiery · quarrelsome · turbulent · contentious · unstable
turbulent
Violently agitated or disturbed
swelling · tossed · roiled · whitecaps · breakers · squall · tempest-tossed · shipwreck · maelstrom · surging
dark
Absence of light
- overcastSky fully veiled
- broodingAnxiously dwelling on something
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
threatening · leaden · grey · glowering · lowering · menacing · foreboding · murky · sullen · angry
gusty
Marked by sudden drafts
- blusteryWildly, coldly windy
- howlingProlonged mournful crying sound
- roaringMaking prolonged loud noise
whistling · squally · windswept · buffeting · whipping · breezy · cyclonic · mistral · sirocco · chinook
furious
Extremely angry
wrathful · irate · incensed · livid · thunderous · glowering · scowling · black look · dark mood · outburst
- storm cloudsRain-bearing atmospheric formations
- calm before the stormDeceptive peace preceding turmoil
- storm offLeave dramatically while upset
- weather the stormEndure a difficult period
- stormed outLeft abruptly in anger
- dust stormWind-carried soil phenomenon
storm, storming, storms, thunderstorm, stormed, thunderstorms, stormily, storminess, stormier