stormy

/'stɔ:mi/

Thân thiện

The children watch the stormy weather from the window.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Characterized by or subject to storms: Used to describe weather conditions involving strong winds, heavy rain, snow, or thunder and lightning.
   • Characterized by violent emotions, passions, or behavior: Used to describe situations, relationships, or periods marked by intense conflict, anger, or turbulence.

Usage and Examples

• Describing weather:
  • We had to cancel the picnic due to the stormy forecast.
  • The sailors were warned about the stormy seas ahead.
• Describing emotions or situations:
  • They have a stormy relationship, with frequent arguments.
  • The meeting ended after a stormy debate over the new policy.

Advanced Usage and Nuances

• "stormy" vs. "tempestuous": While both can describe turbulent weather or emotions, "tempestuous" is often more literary and can imply greater intensity or passion.
  • His tempestuous love affair was the talk of the town. (This suggests a more passionate, dramatic intensity than "stormy affair").
• Figurative use for periods of time: Can describe a period filled with trouble or upheaval.
  • The company survived a stormy period of financial losses and management changes.

Variants and Related Words

• Storm (n/v): The event or condition itself. As a verb, it can mean to attack suddenly or to move angrily or forcefully.
  • The castle was stormed by the rebels.
  • He stormed out of the room in anger.
• Stormily (adv): In a stormy manner.
  • The meeting concluded stormily with no agreement.

Synonyms

• Turbulent: Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not stable or calm.
• Tempestuous: Very stormy; characterized by strong and turbulent emotion.
• Blustery: (For weather) Characterized by strong winds.
• Tumultuous: Making a loud, confused noise; uproarious; or excited, confused, or disorderly.

Antonyms

• Calm: Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions; (of weather) pleasantly free from wind.
• Peaceful: Free from disturbance; tranquil.
• Serene: Calm, peaceful, and untroubled; tranquil.
• Placid: Not easily upset or excited; (of a place or body of water) calm and peaceful.

Idioms and Phrases

• A stormy petrel: A person who brings trouble or whose presence is a sign of impending trouble. (This idiom is derived from the seabird, which was believed to be a harbinger of storms).
  • The new activist was seen as a stormy petrel, likely to disrupt the status quo.
• Weather the storm: To survive a difficult period or situation.
  • Their marriage managed to weather the storm of that financial crisis.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. characterized by violent emotions or behavior
   • a stormy argument
   • a stormy marriage
2. (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion
   • a stormy day
   • wide and stormy seas

Từ đồng nghĩa

• tempestuous