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Vinony

stormy

adjective

  1. windy and/or precipitating (weather)
  2. angry
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈstɔɹmi/

adj

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”).

  1. Of or pertaining to storms.
  2. Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with strong winds and heavy rain.

    “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 […]”

  3. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury.

    “a stormy sound or stormy shocks”

  4. Violent; passionate; rough.

    “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.”

name

Etymology: From stormy.

  1. A female given name from English.