storm

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.

Near-synonyms: cyclone (broad sense), tempest

The boat was torn to pieces in the storm, and nobody survived.

Đồng nghĩa: cyclone, tempest

(figuratively)A heavy expulsion or fall of things (as blows, objects which are thrown, etc.).

a storm of bullets

(figuratively)A violent agitation of human society; a domestic, civil, or political commotion.

The proposed reforms have led to a political storm.

Đồng nghĩa: tempest, tumult

(figuratively)A violent commotion or outbreak of sounds, speech, thoughts, etc.; also, an outpouring of emotion.

a storm of protest

(figuratively)Chiefly with a qualifying word: a violent attack of diease, pain, physiological reactions, symptoms, etc.; a paroxysm.

asthmatic storm    cytokine storm

(Canada, US, abbreviation, alt of, ellipsis, in plural)(Canada, US, chiefly in the plural) 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”).

(military) A violent assault on a fortified position or stronghold.

(US, impersonal)(impersonal, chiefly US) Preceded by the dummy subject it: to have strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.

It stormed throughout the night.

(transitive)To make (someone or something) stormy; to agitate (someone or something) violently.

(figuratively, transitive)To disturb or trouble (someone).

Đồng nghĩa: aggravate, annoy, nettle, rankle, ruffle, sting, antagonize, bother, disgruntle, botherate, bug, get, grate, burn up, bedevil, cheese off, devil, exasperate, frustrate, get up, grotch, hack off, hassle, irk, irritate, jazz, molest, mommick, nark, nerve, pee off, peeve, persecute, pique, piss off, provoke, rile, rile up, roil, storm, test someone's patience, tick off, trouble, try one's patience, vex, wind up, Idioms:, boil someone's piss, chap someone's hide, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's tits, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get someone's nanny, get someone's nanny-goat, get under one's goat, get under someone's skin, give someone the shits, grind one's gears, harsh one's mellow, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rub someone the wrong way, rub up the wrong way, ruffle someone's feathers, tee off, torque off

(figuratively, transitive)To use (harsh language).

(transitive)To violently assault (a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.) with the aim of gaining control of it.

the storming of the Bastille

Troops stormed the complex.

(broadly, especially, transitive)To catch up (on production output) by making frenzied or herculean efforts.

They were storming near the end of the month to salvage some goodwill.

(British, dialectal, transitive)To protect (seed-hay) from stormy weather by putting sheaves of them into small stacks.

(intransitive)Of the weather: to be violent, with strong winds and usually lightning and thunder, and/or hail, rain, or snow.

(intransitive)To be exposed to harsh (especially cold) weather.

(figuratively, intransitive)To move noisily and quickly like a storm (noun etymology 1, noun sense 1), usually in a state of anger or uproar.

She stormed out of the room.

(broadly, figuratively, intransitive)To move quickly in the course of an assault on a fortified position or stronghold, a building, etc.

(figuratively, intransitive)To be in a violent temper; to use harsh language; to fume, to rage.