Definition of tempests Tempests
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Wiktionary 
- tempests (Noun)
Plural of tempest.
Part of speech
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NounPlural: tempests |
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| 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
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
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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 📕
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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 ⛵
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tempest
A word not much used by seamen. It is, however, synonymous with storm, gales, &c. (See STORMS.)
