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Webster 1913 Edition
Tempestuous
Tem-pes′tu-ous
,Adj.
[L.
tempestuous
: cf. OF. tempestueux
, F. tempêtueux
.] Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy;
– as,
tempestuous
weather; a tempestuous
night; a tempestuous
debate. Tem-pes′tu-ous-ly
, adv.
Tem-pes′tu-ous-ness
, Noun.
They saw the Hebrew leader,
Waiting, and clutching his
Waiting, and clutching his
tempestuous
beard. Longfellow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Tempestuous
TEMPEST'UOUS
, a.1.
Very story; turbulent; rough with wind; as tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night.2.
Blowing with violence; as a tempestuous wind.Definition 2024
tempestuous
tempestuous
English
Adjective
tempestuous (comparative more tempestuous, superlative most tempestuous)
- Of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous.
- 1904, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez”, in The Return of Sherlock HolmesWikisource:
- It was a wild, tempestuous night towards the close of November. [...] Outside the wind howled down Baker Street, while the rain beat fiercely against the windows. It was strange there in the very depths of the town, with ten miles of man's handiwork on every side of us, to feel the iron grip of Nature, and to be conscious that to the huge elemental forces all London was no more than the molehills that dot the fields.
- 1610–11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest:
- [On a ship at sea]: a tempestuous noise of thunder and lightening heard.
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Synonyms
- (stormy): stormy, windy, blustery, tumultuous
Derived terms
Translations
of or resembling a tempest; stormy
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