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['stɔːmɪ]1) [weather, sky] tempestoso, burrascoso; [ sea] tempestoso, grosso; [ night] tempestoso, di tempesta2) (turbulent) [ meeting] burrascoso; [ relationship] burrascoso, tormentato* * *1) (having a lot of strong wind, heavy rain etc: a stormy day; stormy weather; a stormy voyage.) tempestoso, burrascoso2) (full of anger or uncontrolled feeling: in a stormy mood; a stormy discussion.) furioso, violento* * *stormy /ˈstɔ:mɪ/a.1 tempestoso, burrascoso ( anche fig.); temporalesco: stormy seas, mari tempestosi; a stormy night, una notte tempestosa; DIALOGO → - Weather- We're expecting it to be quite stormy later, prevediamo che arrivi un bel temporale più tardi; stormy weather, tempo di burrasca; a stormy debate, una discussione burrascosa2 (fig.) appassionato; focoso; furioso; violento: a stormy temper, un temperamento focoso; stormy passions, passioni violente● a stormy life, una vita fortunosa □ stormy petrel (zool., Hydrobates pelagicus), uccello delle tempeste, procellaria □ a stormy sunset, un tramonto che minaccia tempesta □ It's stormy today, oggi fa burrasca.* * *['stɔːmɪ]1) [weather, sky] tempestoso, burrascoso; [ sea] tempestoso, grosso; [ night] tempestoso, di tempesta2) (turbulent) [ meeting] burrascoso; [ relationship] burrascoso, tormentato -
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stormy petrel — n. STORM PETREL … English World dictionary
stormy petrel — noun sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean • Syn: ↑northern storm petrel, ↑Hydrobates pelagicus • Hypernyms: ↑storm petrel • Member Holonyms: ↑Hydrobates, ↑genus Hydrobates … Useful english dictionary
stormy petrel — noun Date: circa 1776 1. storm petrel 2. a. one fond of strife b. a harbinger of trouble … New Collegiate Dictionary
stormy petrel — 1. the British storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the eastern Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean. 2. a person who causes or likes trouble or strife. [1770 80] * * * … Universalium
stormy petrel — noun The storm petrel … Wiktionary
stormy petrel — Synonyms and related words: ancestor, angry clouds, announcer, antecedent, avant garde, avifauna, baby bird, bellwether, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdy,… … Moby Thesaurus
stormy petrel — noun 1》 dated term for storm petrel. 2》 a person who delights in conflict or attracts controversy … English new terms dictionary
stormy petrel — Mother Carey s chicken, storm bird, stormfinch, storm petrel (Procellaria pelagica) … New dictionary of synonyms
stormy petrel — storm′y pet′rel n. 1) orn a storm petrel, Hydrobates pelagicus, of the E Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean 2) a person who likes strife 3) a person or thing that foreshadows trouble … From formal English to slang
stormy petrel — /stɔmi ˈpɛtrəl/ (say stawmee petruhl) noun 1. → storm petrel. 2. a person whose coming supposedly portends trouble …
stormy petrel — See petrel … English-Hawaiian dictionary