Synonyms for stormy
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Tempestuous — violent; passionate; rough
tempestuous, blustery, rough, windy, wild, boisterous, blustering, angry, gusty, furious, violent, storm-wracked, raging, fierce, inclement, heavy, impetuous, dirty, foul, passionate, squally, blusterous
Definitions
- adj. 1
Violent; passionate; rough.
stormy passions a stormy relationship
Related words
- Word family
- stormily
- Phrases
- stormy petrel
Example sentences
- windy This was in the dead of October, chilly and windy.
- boisterous Tom and Johannes were as boisterous as children.
- blustery Rain will clear to leave sunshine and blustery showers.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| stormy | steady | |
| windy | rising | |
| boisterous | rising | |
| tempestuous | steady | |
| blustery | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- wild1, foul1
- 5 letters
- heavy2, angry2, rough1, dirty2, windy2, gusty2
- 6 letters
- fierce1, raging2
- 7 letters
- violent3, furious3, squally
- 8 letters
- blustery3
- 9 letters
- inclement3, impetuous3
- 10 letters
- passionate3, boisterous3, blustering3, blusterous
- 11 letters
- tempestuous4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (heavy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- orageux
- Español
- tormentoso
- Deutsch
- stürmisch