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- DictionaryTem·pest/ˈtempəst/
noun
- 1. a violent windy storm: "a raging tempest"
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.
Tempest definition: a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow.. See examples of TEMPEST used in a sentence.
tempest | American Dictionary. noun [ C ] us / ˈtem·pəst / Add to word list. a violent storm. Idiom. tempest in a teapot. (Definition of tempest from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Definitions of tempest. noun. a violent commotion or disturbance. “it was only a tempest in a teapot”. synonyms: maelstrom, storm. see more. noun. a strong storm with violent winds. “a tempest swept over the island”.
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, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.
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.
Definition of tempest. 1. as in storm. a disturbance of the atmosphere accompanied by wind and often by precipitation (as rain or snow) the sudden summertime tempest drove us off the golf course and into the clubhouse. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance.
Tempest noun. an extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. Tempest noun. fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions. Tempest noun. a fashionable assembly; a drum.
TEMPEST meaning: 1 : a violent storm often used figuratively; 2 : a situation in which people are upset or angry about something that is not very important.
