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bitter
Sharp and disagreeable; harsh; severe; piercing
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  1. Sharp and disagreeable; harsh; severe; piercing
  2. Resulting from or expressive of severe grief, anguish, or disappointment:
  3. Causing a sharply unpleasant, painful, or stinging sensation; harsh:
rainy
Characterized by rain, esp. much rain
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  1. Characterized by rain, esp. much rain
  2. Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy weather; a rainy day or season.
  3. Wet with rain
wet
Characterized by frequent or heavy precipitation:
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  1. Characterized by frequent or heavy precipitation:
  2. Covered or soaked with a liquid, such as water:
  3. Not yet dry or firm:
damp
Humid:
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  1. Humid:
  2. Somewhat moist or wet; humid
  3. Slightly wet:
cold
Having little appeal to the senses or feelings:
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  1. Having little appeal to the senses or feelings:
  2. Characterized by repeated failure, especially in a sport or competitive activity:
  3. Feeling no warmth; uncomfortably chilled:
raging
Remarkable; extraordinary:
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  1. Remarkable; extraordinary:
  2. Very active and unpredictable; volatile:
roaring
(Informal) Very active or successful; brisk
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  1. (Informal) Very active or successful; brisk
  2. Boisterous, brawling, etc.
  3. Used as an intensive:
frigid
Habitually failing to become sexually aroused, or abnormally repelled by sexual activity
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  1. Habitually failing to become sexually aroused, or abnormally repelled by sexual activity
  2. Extremely cold; without heat or warmth
  3. Extremely cold.
windy
Without substance; empty, flimsy, etc.
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  1. Without substance; empty, flimsy, etc.
  2. Open to the wind; unsheltered:
  3. Lacking substance; empty:
blustery
Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts; "blustering (blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind"
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  1. Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts; "blustering (blusterous) winds of Patagonia"; "a cold blustery day"; "a gusty storm with strong sudden rushes of wind"
blustering
Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.
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  1. Pompous or arrogant in one's speech or bearing.
  2. Engaged in the process of blustering.
murky
Not clearly known, understood, or expressed:
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  1. Not clearly known, understood, or expressed:
  2. Unclear, obscure, cryptic, etc.
  3. Gloomy, dark, dim.
tempestuous
Of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous.
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  1. Of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous.
  2. Violent; turbulent
  3. Characterized by violent emotions or actions; tumultuous:
turbulent
Moving rapidly or violently:
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  1. Moving rapidly or violently:
  2. Full of commotion or wild disorder
  3. Marked by wildly irregular motion
tumultuous
Making a tumult
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  1. Making a tumult
  2. Characterized by mental or emotional agitation:
  3. Full of or characterized by tumult; wild and noisy; uproarious
wild
Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded:
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  1. Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded:
  2. Full of, marked by, or suggestive of strong, uncontrolled emotion:
  3. Furiously disturbed or turbulent; stormy:
boisterous
Rough and stormy; violent:
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  1. Rough and stormy; violent:
  2. (Obs.) Rough, coarse, or bulky
  3. Rough and stormy; turbulent
rough
Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
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  1. Coarse or shaggy to the touch:
  2. Harsh, rude, brutal, etc.; not gentle or mild
  3. Difficult to endure or live through, especially because of harsh or inclement weather:
torrid
Passionate; ardent:
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  1. Passionate; ardent:
  2. Scorching; burning:
  3. Parched with the heat of the sun; intensely hot:
dark
Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black:
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  1. Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light; tending toward black:
  2. Served without milk or cream:
  3. Unknown or concealed; mysterious:
violent
Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force:
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  1. Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force:
  2. Extreme; intense; very strong
  3. Intense or extreme, especially in emotion:
threatening
Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
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  1. Presenting a threat; menacing; frightening.
  2. Causing the feeling that one's power, social standing, or self-esteem is in danger of being diminished:
  3. Gving warning signs of bad weather:
savage
Without civilization; primitive; barbarous
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  1. Without civilization; primitive; barbarous
  2. Characterized by or showing hostility; unforgiving:
  3. Not domesticated or cultivated; wild:
riotous
Dissolute; wanton:
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  1. Dissolute; wanton:
  2. Unrestrained and boisterous; degenerate or dissolute
  3. Having the nature of a riot
agitated
Shaken; perturbed; excited
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  1. Shaken; perturbed; excited
dirty
Extremely unfortunate or regrettable:
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  1. Extremely unfortunate or regrettable:
  2. Covered or marked with dirt or an unwanted substance; unclean.
  3. Not bright and clear in color; somewhat dull or drab. Often used in combination:
heavy
Designating, of, or equipped with massive or relatively heavy weapons, armor, etc.
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  1. Designating, of, or equipped with massive or relatively heavy weapons, armor, etc.
  2. Too dense or rich to digest easily:
  3. Violent; rough:
raging
Remarkable; extraordinary:
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  1. Remarkable; extraordinary:
  2. Very active and unpredictable; volatile:
roily
Turbulent; agitated.
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  1. Turbulent; agitated.
  2. (Of water) muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment)
  3. Full of sediment; muddy or cloudy.
rough
Not easily traveled over or through because rocky, overgrown, wild, etc.
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  1. Not easily traveled over or through because rocky, overgrown, wild, etc.
  2. Difficult to endure or live through, especially because of harsh or inclement weather:
  3. Regarded as being risky, dangerous, offensive, etc., often as a result of lacking in conventional social controls
rugged
Demanding great effort, ability, or endurance:
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  1. Demanding great effort, ability, or endurance:
  2. Lacking culture or polish; coarse and rude:
  3. Broken into sharp or irregular points; uneven; not smooth; rough
tempestuous
Of, involving, or like a tempest
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  1. Of, involving, or like a tempest
  2. Violent; turbulent
  3. Characterized by violent emotions or actions; tumultuous:
tumultuous
Making a tumult
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  1. Making a tumult
  2. Characterized by mental or emotional agitation:
  3. Full of or characterized by tumult; wild and noisy; uproarious
turbulent
Moving rapidly or violently:
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  1. Moving rapidly or violently:
  2. Marked by or causing turmoil; unruly or boisterous
  3. Full of commotion or wild disorder
ugly
Bad, vile, repulsive, offensive, objectionable, etc.
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  1. Bad, vile, repulsive, offensive, objectionable, etc.
  2. Marked by or inclined to anger or bad feelings; disagreeable:
  3. (--- New England) Unmanageable. Used of animals, especially cows or horses.
violent
Extreme; intense; very strong
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  1. Extreme; intense; very strong
  2. Causing or intending to cause damage, injury, or death, often when involving great force:
  3. Characterized by extreme emotion, especially anger:
wild
Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed:
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  1. Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed:
  2. Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded:
  3. Characterized by a lack of moral restraint; dissolute or licentious:
tempestuous
Of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous.
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  1. Of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous.
  2. Characterized by violent emotions or actions; tumultuous:
  3. Violent; turbulent
tumultuous
Full of or characterized by tumult; wild and noisy; uproarious
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  1. Full of or characterized by tumult; wild and noisy; uproarious
  2. Characterized by mental or emotional agitation:
  3. Very loud; noisy:
turbulent
Characterized by disorder, commotion, or unrest:
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  1. Characterized by disorder, commotion, or unrest:
  2. Marked by or causing turmoil; unruly or boisterous
  3. Moving rapidly or violently:
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Sentence Examples

  • In stormy weather they are sometimes of a dark slate-color.

  • It was long since there had been so stormy a meeting.

  • The stormy note was back in his voice.

  • He built him a little hut for shelter at night and in stormy weather.

  • Stormy discussions at Lucca followed; but they failed to prevent Gregory from nominating four fresh cardinals (May 9, 1408).

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