storminess
101vehemence — n 1. ardor, fervor, fervency, zeal, eagerness, verve, enthusiasm, elan, ebullience, exuberance, zest, vim, vigor, spirit; gusto, relish, zing, punch, pep; heart, soul, intensity, heartiness, dash; effervescence, flurry, animation, Fr.… …
102violence — n 1. force, brute force, might, mightiness, power, strength; turbulence, storminess, tempes tuousness, tumultuousness, boisterousness, bluster; roughness, destructiveness, barbarity; brutality, cruelty, savagery, ferocity, ferociousness,… …
103stormy — /ˈstɔmi/ (say stawmee) adjective (stormier, stormiest) 1. affected or characterised by, or subject to, storms; tempestuous: a stormy sea. 2. characterised by violent commotion, actions, speech, passions, etc.: a stormy debate. {storm + y1}… …
104wintry — /ˈwɪntri/ (say wintree) adjective (wintrier, wintriest) 1. of or characteristic of winter. 2. having the season, storminess, or cold of winter. 3. suggestive of winter, as in lack of warmth or cheer. Also, wintery, winterly. {wint(e)r + y1}… …
105calm — [adj1] peaceful, quiet (inanimate) at a standstill, at peace, bland, bucolic, cool, halcyon, harmonious, hushed, inactive, in order, low key, mild, motionless, pacific, pastoral, placid, quiescent, reposeful, reposing, restful, rural, serene,… …
106violence — [n] extreme force, intensity abandon, acuteness, assault, attack, bestiality, bloodshed, blowup, brutality, brute force, clash, coercion, compulsion, confusion, constraint, cruelty, destructiveness, disorder, disturbance, duress, ferocity, fervor …
107stormily — stormy ► ADJECTIVE (stormier, stormiest) 1) affected or disturbed by a storm. 2) full of angry or violent outbursts of feeling. DERIVATIVES stormily adverb storminess noun …
108stormy — ► ADJECTIVE (stormier, stormiest) 1) affected or disturbed by a storm. 2) full of angry or violent outbursts of feeling. DERIVATIVES stormily adverb storminess noun …
109stormy — [stôr′mē] adj. stormier, stormiest [ME stormi < OE stormig] 1. of, characteristic of, or affected by storms 2. having or characterized by storms 3. violent, raging, turbulent, etc. stormily adv. storminess n …
110bad weather — noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑inclemency, ↑inclementness • Ant: ↑good weather • Derivationally related forms: ↑inclement ( …
