Definition of tempest

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Tempest (n.) A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4..

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Blow :: Blow (v. t.) To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore..
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..
Nimbose :: Nimbose (a.) Cloudy; stormy; tempestuous.
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..
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..
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..
Tempest :: Tempest (v. t.) To disturb as by a tempest.
Rough :: Rough (n.) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day..
Intempestive :: Intempestive (a.) Out of season; untimely.
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..
Storming :: Storminess (n.) The state of being stormy; tempestuousness; biosteruousness; impetuousness.
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..
Gale :: Gale (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
Frightful :: Frightful (a.) Full of that which causes fright; exciting alarm; impressing terror; shocking; as, a frightful chasm, or tempest; a frightful appearance..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy..
Windiness :: Windiness (n.) The quality or state of being windy or tempestuous; as, the windiness of the weather or the season..
Intempestivity :: Intempestivity (n.) Unseasonableness; untimeliness.
Tempest :: Tempest (n.) Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions..
Tempest :: Tempest (n.) A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4..
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