Definition of tempest

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Tempest (n.) Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions..

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Wild :: Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy..
Tempest :: Tempest (v. i.) To storm.
Storm :: Storm (v. i.) To raise a tempest.
Intempestivity :: Intempestivity (n.) Unseasonableness; untimeliness.
Tempest :: Tempest (n.) An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm..
Windiness :: Windiness (n.) The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season..
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..
Tempest :: Tempest (n.) A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4..
Intempestive :: Intempestive (a.) Out of season; untimely.
Bellow :: Bellow (v.) To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound..
Surmark :: Surly (a.) Rough; dark; tempestuous.
Tempestuous :: Tempestuous (a.) Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate..
Ravage :: Ravage (n.) Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time..
Gale :: Gale (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
Nimbose :: Nimbose (a.) Cloudy; stormy; tempestuous.
Gusty :: Gusty (a.) Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous..
Height :: Height (n.) Utmost degree in extent; extreme limit of energy or condition; as, the height of a fever, of passion, of madness, of folly; the height of a tempest..
Euroclydon :: Euroclydon (n.) A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.
Windy :: Windy (superl.) Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather..
Tempestive :: Tempestive (a.) Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers..
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