stormtossed

Stormtossed is a literary and nautical term used to describe something that has been violently moved or battered by storms, most commonly ships that have endured severe weather at sea. As an adjective, it conveys danger, disruption, and resilience, and can also apply to people, journeys, or environments affected by storm conditions. The compound is formed from storm and tossed, with the hyphen variant storm-tossed being common in older texts and in poetry.

In usage, stormtossed appears in nautical narrative, maritime poetry, and genre fiction to evoke a mood of peril or endurance. It is not a technical meteorological term; rather, it functions as a figurative descriptor. In contemporary writing, stormtossed may also appear as a proper name for fictional locations or narrative elements, though there is no single canonical usage.

See also: sea, storm, shipwreck, nautical terminology. References: dictionaries and usage guides describe stormtossed as a literary adjective.