ˈstȯrmē, ˈstȯ(ə)mē, -mi adjective
( -er/-est )
Etymology: Middle English, from storm + -y
1. : relating to, characterized by, or indicative of a storm : subject to storms : tempestuous
a stormy day
a stormy autumn
severed by a wide and stormy sea from the rest of the world — James Bryce
2. : marked by turmoil or fury : characterized by, subject to, or indicative of heated disagreements or strong emotional outbursts : passionate , turbulent
a stormy conference
a stormy life
provoke stormy and uncontrollable emotional responses — Lewis Mumford
a violent, stormy eloquence — J.L.Motley
her deep stormy eyes — Thomas Hardy
3. : having alternating exacerbations and remissions of symptoms
convalescence ran a stormy course
the course of the disease is usually extremely stormy — Joseph Stokes