storm cloud en · NOUN
Meanings
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A 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:
- (broadly, figuratively) A sign that serious trouble, conflict, or misfortune is approaching.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| storm-cloud | alternative | lexicographic | |
| storm clouds | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| stormcloud | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
Translations (27)
es nubarrón (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · fr nuage orageux (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · gl nubarrón (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · taa k'wth nadlboddhi (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · cmn 黑雲 /黑云 (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · fi myrskypilvi (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · km អ័ព្ភសន្និបាត (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · ka საწვიმარი ღრუბელი (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · cmn 風暴雲 /风暴云 (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · uk хма́ра (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · de Gewitterwolke (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · ka საავდრო ღრუბელი (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · cmn 烏雲 /乌云 (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · be хма́ра (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · yi כמאַרע (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · km ស្យាម (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · de Wetterwolke (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · rue хма́ра (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · km ជលធរ (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · mi atiru (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · km ជើងខ្យល់ (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · ka წვიმის ღრუბელი (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · mi paroro (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · nl onweerswolk (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · ru ту́ча (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · pl chmura burzowa (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud) · ko 먹구름 (rain cloud with potential to bring a storm — see also cumulonimbus, thundercloud)