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Ask for help > The sea is getting rough.
The sea is getting rough.
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boydegg
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The sea is getting rough.
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Hi Everyone
My student asked me recently what words or phrases he could use to describe the ocean or waves when the weather turns stormy.
So far I �ve got:
choppy
towering waves
crashing waves
rough sea
Can anyone think of others?
Cheers in advance
Brian
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27 Aug 2010
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frenchfrog
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Taken from www.thesaurus.com
| Main Entry: |
wild |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
intense, stormy |
| Synonyms: |
blustering, blustery, choppy , disturbed, furious, howling, inclement, raging, rough, storming, tempestuous, turbulent, violent |
| Antonyms: |
calm, mild, moderate |
But can a native speaker confirm that all these adjectives can be used to describe the ocean / waves?
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27 Aug 2010
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paugyg
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Hi there!! In cases like these, you might just want to check the oxford collocations dictionary.
Here �s a link to check online, but it �s not as complete as the one you can download or buy.
http://www.lixiaolai.com/ocd/index.html
Here are some of the adjectives that go with the noun "sea" and have similar meanings to "stormy"
choppy / heavy / mountainous / raging / rough
(I specially like "raging seas", I think it �s quite graphic)
And here are some adjectives that collocate with "waves"
big / enormous / giant / great / huge / mountainous
rogue (this adjective is usually used with animals, but it collocates with waves, meaning "dangerous")
Hope you find it useful!!!
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27 Aug 2010
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boydegg
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Thanks, you guys - very helpful. |
28 Aug 2010
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Apodo
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blustering, blustery, choppy , disturbed, furious, howling, inclement, raging, rough, storming, tempestuous, turbulent, violent
Of these words some would be better to describe the wind rather than the sea. Here �s how I would use them:
blustering wind
blustery day (very windy)
choppy waves (small rough waves)
howling wind
inclement weather (it might rain)
raging storm, raging sea
rough sea
stormy seas
stormy weather
turbulent seas/ocean
furious storm
violent storm
also: crashing waves (onto the beach)
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28 Aug 2010
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SueThom
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Another idea is to check the variations in a corpus. There are many, but I use COCA (http://www.americancorpus.org/) because it �s free and US English. It has collocations, too.
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28 Aug 2010
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