storm cloud

Meanings

nounstorm cloud (plural storm clouds)

plural storm clouds · alternative storm-cloud · alternative stormcloud

climatologyA dark and ominous cloud that appears to indicate a coming storm.
Uncertainty hangs over the industry like a storm cloud on a summer's day, preventing long-term planning and investment.
2023 March 8, Christian Wolmar, “Labour passes up the chance to deliver a forceful rail policy”, in RAIL, number 978, page 35
Synonyms: cumulonimbus, thundercloud
broadlyfigurativelyA sign that serious trouble, conflict, or misfortune is approaching.

nounA dark and ominous cloud that appears to indicate a coming storm.

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Chinese Mandarin 風暴雲 /风暴云, 烏雲 /乌云

風暴雲 /风暴云 (fēngbàoyún)rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud
烏雲 /乌云 (wūyún)rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud
黑雲 /黑云 (hēiyún)rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

Dutch onweerswolk

onweerswolkrain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

Finnish myrskypilvi

myrskypilvirain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

French nuage orageux

nuage orageuxrain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

German Gewitterwolke, Wetterwolke

Gewitterwolkerain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud
Wetterwolkerain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

Korean 먹구름

먹구름 (meokgureum)rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

Māori atiru, paroro

atirurain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud
parororain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

Polish chmura burzowa

chmura burzowarain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

Russian ту́ча

ту́ча (túča)rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

Spanish nubarrón

nubarrónrain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

Ukrainian хма́ра

хма́ра (xmára)rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

Yiddish כמאַרע

כמאַרע (khmare)rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud

Cite this entry

APA

storm cloud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20cloud

MLA

“storm cloud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20cloud. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “storm cloud,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/storm%20cloud.