stormy

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Affected by storms; with strong winds and heavy rain.

   It was a stormy day, so the boats stayed in the harbour.

2. 2
   adj

   Full of strong, angry emotions or arguments.

   They had a stormy relationship full of arguments.

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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