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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)
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.
Tempest definition: a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow.. See examples of TEMPEST used in a sentence.
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.
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.
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.
Definition of tempest noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Jun 8, 2024 · tempest (third-person singular simple present tempests, present participle tempesting, simple past and past participle tempested) (intransitive, rare) To storm. (transitive, chiefly poetic) To disturb, as by a tempest.
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!
