Word Meanings - STORMY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Characterized 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." Milton. 2. Proceeding from violent agitation or fury;

Additional info about word: STORMY

1. Characterized 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." Milton. 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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STORMY)

• Bleak
• Blank
• bare
• open
• cold
• exposed
• stormy
• nipping
• Boisterous
• Loud
• violent
• unrestrained
• tempestuous
• uncontrolled
• intemperate
• Inclement
• Harsh
• tyrannical
• cruel
• unmerciful
• severe
• rough
• rigorous
• Rough
• Uneven
• harsh
• bristly
• scabrous
• rugged
• knotty
• unpolished
• boisterous
• coarse
• craggy
• gruff
• crude
• shaggy
• disordered
• unrefined
• uncourteous
• rude
• unshaped
• churlish
• blunt
• Tempestuous
• Stormy
• squally
• turbulent

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• ROUGHT
  imp. of Reach.
• ROUGHHEWN
  1. Hewn coarsely without smoothing; unfinished; not polished. 2. Of coarse manners; rude; uncultivated; rough-grained. "A roughhewn seaman." Bacon.
• ROUGHLEG
  Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called also rough- legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard. Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of Northern Europe,
• INCLEMENT
  1. Not clement; destitute of a mild and kind temper; void of tenderness; unmerciful; severe; harsh. 2. Physically severe or harsh (generally restricted to the elements or weather); rough; boisterous; stormy; rigorously cold, etc.; as, inclement
• ROUGHINGS
  Rowen.
• EXPOSER
  One who exposes or discloses.
• ROUGHSHOD
  Shod with shoes armed with points or calks; as, a roughshod horse. To ride roughshod, to pursue a course regardless of the pain or distress it may cause others.
• COARSE
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• NIPPITATO
  Strong liquor. Beau. & Fl.
• EXPOSTULATOR
  One who expostulates. Lamb.
• BLUNTISH
  Somewhat blunt. -- Blunt"ish*ness, n.
• BLANKET STITCH
  A buttonhole stitch worked wide apart on the edge of material, as blankets, too thick to hem.
• EXPOSITION
  1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view. 2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or
• TURBULENTLY
  In a turbulent manner.
• NIPPERKIN
  A small cup.
• EXPOSEDNESS
  The state of being exposed, laid open, or unprotected; as, an exposedness to sin or temptation.
• ROUGHTAIL
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• HARSH
  Having violent contrasts of color, or of light and shade; lacking in harmony. (more info) to G. harsch, Dan. harsk rancid, Sw. härsk; from the same source as 1. Rough; disagreeable; grating; esp.: To the touch."Harsh sand." Boyle. To the taste.
• COARSELY
  In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly.
• DRUGGET
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• DRUGGER
  A druggist. Burton.
• TRUGGING-HOUSE
  A brothel. Robert Greene.
• OVERRIGOROUS
  Too rigorous; harsh.
• HIGH-WROUGHT
  1. Wrought with fine art or skill; elaborate. Pope. 2. Worked up, or swollen, to a high degree; as, a highwrought passion. "A high-wrought flood." Shak.
• THOROUGHWORT
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• STRUGGLER
  One who struggles.