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Stormy

stormy

1. Characterised 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.

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)

Origin: Stormier; Stormiest.


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