storm

Meaning

Noun

1. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.
2. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.
3. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.
4. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.
5. Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation; a tempest.
6. A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).
7. A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.
8. A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.
9. Chiefly with a qualifying word: a violent attack of diease, pain, physiological reactions, symptoms, etc.; a paroxysm.
10. Ellipsis of storm window (“a second window (originally detachable) attached on the exterior side of a window in climates with harsh winters, to add an insulating layer of still air between the outside and inside”).

Verb

1. Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
2. To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.
3. To disturb or trouble (someone).
4. To use (harsh language).
5. To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
6. To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.
7. To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.
8. To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.
9. Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.
10. To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.
11. To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.
12. To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.
13. To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.

Synonyms

tempest

gale

rage

😡

hurricane

assault

squall

windstorm

cyclone

🌀

thunderstorm

wind

attack

👊

rainstorm

typhoon

charge

rush

strong wind

roar

ramp

burst

tornado

🌪️

whirlwind

force

onslaught

air

gust

rampage

boisterous

disorderly

weather

violent storm

besiege

heavy rain

downpour

waterfalls

disaster

rag

be furious

surprise

blizzard

bluster

wind and rain

dust storm

outburst

peal

pounce

quarrel

raid

rain

🌧️

rain cloud

rave

run riot

sandstorm

scramble

seethe

shoot down

shout

shower

🚿

sky

snowstorm

snow storm

sortie

spell

spirt

stamp

stampede

steam

strike

terror

thunder

🌩️

trouble

violent

wave

👋

wet

dash against

force one’s way

go ballistic

northeast wind

storm wind

strong gale

tropical cyclone

water spout

whole gale

wind storm

act violently

wind and waves

rough seas

small typhoon

go up to the wall

hard storm

reach over

nor’easter

behave outrageously/violently

get/be violent

become rough

cannonball along

thrust ahead

heavy wind

boisterous wind

advance

sky god

aggress

assail

bad weather

barge

beleaguer

beset

blast

blow

blow up

bolt

calamity

capture

cloudburst

commotion

crash

danger

❗

dart

🎯

dispute

downfall

escalade

fall on

fit

fly

✈️

fly off the handle

foray

fume

furious

gust of wind

heavy sea

hurry

infiltrate

invade

jump

lance

lightning

lose one’s temper

menace

monsoon

northeaster

north wind

onset

Pronounced as (IPA)

/stɔːm/

Etymology

From Middle English storm (“disturbed state of the atmosphere; heavy precipitation; battle, conflict; attack”) [and other forms], from Old English storm (“tempest, storm; attack; storm of arrows; disquiet, disturbance, tumult, uproar; onrush, rush”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *sturm (“storm”), from Proto-Germanic *sturmaz (“storm”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to agitate, stir up; to propel; to urge on”). Related to stir.
cognates
* Danish storm (“storm”)
* Dutch storm (“storm”)
* German Sturm (“storm”)
* Icelandic stormur (“storm”)
* Low German storm (“storm”)
* Norwegian Bokmål storm (“storm”)
* Norwegian Nynorsk storm (“storm”)
* Scots storm (“storm”)
* Swedish storm (“storm”)
* West Frisian stoarm (“storm”)