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TEMPESTUOUS
angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild
(adjective) (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; “angry clouds on the horizon”; “furious winds”; “the raging sea”
stormy, tempestuous
(adjective) characterized by violent emotions or behavior; “a stormy argument”; “a stormy marriage”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tempestuous (comparative more tempestuous, superlative most tempestuous)
Of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous.
Synonyms
• (stormy): stormy, windy, blustery, tumultuous
Source: Wiktionary
Tem*pes"tu*ous, a. Etym: [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. tempĂŞtueux.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.
– Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly, adv.
– Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness, n. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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