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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Tempestive :: Tempestive (a.) Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers..
Tempest :: Tempest (v. i.) To storm.
Welter :: Welter (n.) A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest..
Lower :: Lower (v. i.) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest..
Gusty :: Gusty (a.) Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous..
Tempest :: Tempest (n.) Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions..
Stormy :: Stormy (superl.) Characterized by, or proceeding from, a storm; subject to storms; agitated with furious winds; biosterous; tempestous; as, a stormy season; a stormy day or week..
Bellow :: Bellow (v.) To roar; as the sea in a tempest, or as the wind when violent; to make a loud, hollow, continued sound..
Tempest :: Tempest (v. t.) To disturb as by a tempest.
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..
Windy :: Windy (superl.) Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather..
Windiness :: Windiness (n.) The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season..
Surmark :: Surly (a.) Rough; dark; tempestuous.
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.
Euroclydon :: Euroclydon (n.) A tempestuous northeast wind which blows in the Mediterranean. See Levanter.
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..
Tempest :: Tempest (n.) A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4..
Hard :: Hard (adv.) With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..
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