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- 1. a violent windy storm: "a raging tempest" Similar Opposite
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verb. tempested; tempesting; tempests. transitive verb. : to raise a tempest in or around. Synonyms. Noun. squall. storm. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of tempest in a Sentence.
a violent storm. Idiom. tempest in a teapot. (Definition of tempest from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Tempest definition: a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow.. See examples of TEMPEST used in a sentence.
The meaning of tempest has expanded over time to include the idea of anger or fighting. A "tempest in a tea pot" means a passionate fight over something that is in fact fairly trivial. For example, a loud argument about whether to use cloth or paper napkins at Thanksgiving could be considered a "tempest in a tea pot" to some.
1. countable noun. A tempest is a very violent storm. [literary] Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country. 2. countable noun. You can refer to a situation in which people are very angry or excited as a tempest. [literary] I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause.
n. 1. A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail. 2. Furious agitation, commotion, or tumult; an uproar: "The tempest in my mind / Doth from my senses take all feeling" (Shakespeare). tr.v. tem·pest·ed, tem·pest·ing, tem·pests. To cause a tempest around or in. Idiom: tempest in a teacup/teapot.
TEMPEST | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of tempest in English. tempest. noun [ C ] literary us / ˈtem.pɪst / uk / ˈtem.pɪst / Add to word list. a violent storm. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Precipitation: stormy weather. angrily. blizzard. bolt. bomb cyclone. bombogenesis. cyclogenesis. cyclonic.
Tempest definition: A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.
tempest. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Meteorology tem‧pest /ˈtempɪst/ noun [ countable] 1 literary a violent storm 2 → a tempest in a teapot Examples from the Corpus tempest • Everything swept so clean By tempest, wind and rain!
Definition of tempest noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
