Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Delayed, confined, or cut off by a storm: Describes a situation where a person, vehicle, or vessel is prevented from moving or proceeding due to severe stormy weather.

Usage

• The adjective stormbound is used to describe the state of being immobilized or stranded specifically because of a storm. It is typically applied to travelers, transportation (like ships, planes, or cars), or locations.
• It often implies an unplanned and forced stop, causing inconvenience or delay.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The stormbound ship waited for three days before the waves calmed.
  • We were stormbound in a small mountain hut for the night.
  • The airport was filled with stormbound passengers after all flights were canceled.

Advanced Usage

• "to be stormbound": This is the most common construction, describing the state of being trapped by a storm.
  • The hikers were stormbound on the ridge and had to call for rescue.
• "stormbound [noun]": Used attributively before a noun.
  • The captain addressed the stormbound crew about the delay.

Variants and Related Words

• Storm-tossed (adj): violently agitated or battered by a storm (often used for ships at sea).
• Weatherbound (adj): delayed or confined by bad weather (a more general term than stormbound).
• Snowbound (adj): confined or blocked by heavy snow (a specific type of weather-related confinement).

Synonyms

• Stranded: left without the means to move from a place.
• Marooned: trapped and isolated in an inaccessible place.
• Delayed: made late.

Antonyms

• Unimpeded: not obstructed or delayed.
• Free to proceed: able to continue moving.

Related Phrases

• To be stuck due to the weather: A more common, informal way to express a similar idea.
• To be held up by a storm: A phrasal expression meaning to be delayed by a storm.

Adjective

1. delayed or confined or cut off by a storm
   • the airport was filled with stormbound passengers