Synonyms of stormed

stormed

verb

past tense of storm

1

as in raged

to express one's anger usually violently

the chef spent the morning storming at his staff about the ruined sauces

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raged
• rampaged
• bristled
• fumed
• raved
• steamed
• fretted
• ran amok
• made a scene
• burned
• ranted
• blustered
• flared (up)
• seethed
• foamed
• carried on
• flipped (out)
• smoldered
• fulminated
• took on
• blew up
• stewed
• chafed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collected
• checked
• contained
• composed
• suppressed
• restrained
• swallowed
• soothed
• subdued
• stifled
• smothered
• repressed
• strangled
• tempered
• choked (back)
• appeased
• pacified
• eased
• reined
• relaxed
• curbed
• moderated
• cooled
• pocketed
• settled
• allayed
• calmed
• quieted
• stilled
• toned (down)
• hushed
• quelled
• let up

2

as in rained

to fall as water in a continuous stream of drops from the clouds

it storms so frequently up in the mountains that the peaks are rarely visible from the valley below

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rained
• poured
• flooded
• precipitated
• drowned
• showered
• rained cats and dogs
• hailed
• spit
• engulfed
• inundated
• deluged
• swamped
• squalled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spit
• sprinkled
• drizzled
• misted
• mizzled

3

as in attacked

to take sudden, violent action against

the pirates stormed the ship, easily taking the whole crew as their prisoners

Synonyms & Similar Words

• attacked
• raided
• assaulted
• struck
• ambushed
• swarmed
• robbed
• charged
• rushed
• invaded
• assailed
• turned (on)
• set at
• set on
• bushwhacked
• trashed
• beset
• descended (on or upon)
• jumped (on)
• set upon
• went in (on)
• rounded on
• sicced
• flew at
• pounced (on or upon)
• mobbed
• went at
• surprised
• bombed
• pitched into
• flanked
• besieged
• tore into
• sacked
• lit into
• blitzed
• waylaid
• bombarded
• beat up on
• ravaged
• plundered
• barraged
• mugged
• bum-rushed
• pillaged
• looted
• battered
• buffeted
• nuked
• ganged up (on)
• beleaguered
• plastered
• overran
• enveloped
• cannonaded
• cannoned
• harried
• ambuscaded
• pressed
• forayed
• banged away (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• secured
• covered
• protected
• defended
• guarded
• shielded

4

as in steamed

to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger

by the time we arrived, our hostess was storming because dinner was ruined

Synonyms & Similar Words

• raged
• steamed
• burned
• shook
• fumed
• boiled
• seethed
• foamed
• sizzled
• rankled
• agitated
• ranted
• saw red
• raved
• smoldered
• convulsed
• bristled
• fulminated
• inflamed
• flared (up)
• roiled
• stewed
• chafed
• fretted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stormed

The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, after passengers stormed the cockpit and wrenched back controlfrom the attacker, who Israeli officials suspect was trying to crash the plane. — Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Zverev served for the match in the second set but double-faulted to hand De Minaur a break and the Australian stormed back into it. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026

Authorities said key fugitives in the case include Dimitri Hérard, ex-head of security at Haiti's National Palace, who escaped two years ago after a powerful gang federation stormed Haiti's two biggest prisons. — Evens Sanon, Arkansas Online, 21 Sep. 2026

He was taken from Nasser Hospital when the Israeli troops stormed the hospital in February, 2024, and he was released on the day of the ceasefire. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

Several defendants who pleaded guilty in the case and were at a mountaintop house on the night the Colombian commandos stormed Moïse’s private residence in the hills above Port-au-Prince testified about Badio’s presence. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 20 Sep. 2026

When Peta protestors stormed the Cos runway at New York Fashion Week on Sunday, much of the online discourse focused on the physical altercation with Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) president and CEO Steven Kolb that followed. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2026

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals protesters stormed the show at WSA at 175 Water Street. — Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 13 Sep. 2026

With Michigan stealing a 13-12 win over the Broncos in dramatic fashion, the fans who stuck around in The Big House stormed the field to celebrate. — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026