tempest
(noun) (literary) a violent wind; âa tempest swept over the islandâ
storm, tempest
(noun) a violent commotion or disturbance; âthe storms that had characterized their relationship had died awayâ; âit was only a tempest in a teapotâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
tempest (plural tempests)
A storm, especially one with severe winds.
Any violent tumult or commotion.
(obsolete) A fashionable social gathering; a drum.
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
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Tem"pest, n. Etym: [OF. tempeste, F. tempĂȘte, (assumed) LL. tempesta, fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season, weather, storm, akin to tempus time. See Temporal of time.]
1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm. [We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled, Each on his rock transfixed. Milton.
2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4. [Archaic] Smollett.
Note: Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten, tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the like.
Syn.
– Storm; agitation; perturbation. See Storm.
Tem"pest, v. t. Etym: [Cf. OF. tempester, F. tempĂȘter to rage.]
Definition: To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.] Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean. Milton.
Tem"pest, v. i.
Definition: To storm. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 November 2024
(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; âshe said her son thought Hillary was a bitchâ
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