Definition of tempest Tempest

/tɛˈmpʌst/ - [tempust] - tem•pest

We found 15 definitions of tempest from 7 different sources.

What does tempest mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: tempests
tempest - (literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island"
		windstorm a storm consisting of violent winds
		literature the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"
tempest - a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"
		storm
		hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do, commotion, disruption, flutter, disturbance the act of making a noisy disturbance

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Wiktionary

tempest (Noun)
A storm, especially one with severe winds.
tempest (Noun)
Any violent tumult or commotion.
tempest (Verb)
To storm.
tempest (Verb)
To disturb, as by a tempest.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

tempest (n.)
An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.
tempest (n.)
Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
tempest (n.)
A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.
tempest (v. t.)
To disturb as by a tempest.
tempest (v. i.)
To storm.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

tempest
An atmospheric disturbance involving perturbations of the prevailing pressure and wind fields on scales ranging from tornadoes to extratropical cyclones; also the associated weather and the like.\n(Source: MGH)

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

tempest
tem′pest, n. wind rushing with great velocity, usually with rain or snow: a violent storm: any violent commotion.—adjs. Tem′pest-beat′en; Tem′pest-tost (Shak.), driven about by storms; Tempes′tūous, resembling, or pertaining to, a tempest: very stormy: turbulent.—adv. Tempes′tūously.—n. Tempes′tūousness.—Tempest in a tea-pot, a great disturbance over a trivial matter. [O. Fr. tempeste—L. tempestas, a season, tempest—tempus, time.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

tempest
A word not much used by seamen. It is, however, synonymous with storm, gales, &c. (See STORMS.)

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tempest, verb, present, 1st person singular of tempest (infinitive).
tempest, verb (infinitive).
tempest, noun, singular of tempests.

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