Meanings
comparative more stormtossed · superlative most stormtossed · alternative stormtost
- Tossed by the wind in a storm.
The stormtossed ocean waves beat against the side of the ship and washed over its deck.
Synonyms: tempest-tossed
- figurativelyAgitated by conflicting passions.
1 more example
The fever left his body, and he rose to stotter about the doors; but he was still in his torments, and the mercy-seat was far from him. At last in the back end of the year came Mungo Muirhead to Caulds to the autumn communion, and nothing would serve him but he must try his hand at the storm-tossed soul.
1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTossed by the wind in a storm.
Origin
Translations
German sturmgepeitscht
- sturmgepeitschttossed by the wind in a storm
Cite this entry
stormtossed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stormtossed
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