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adjective characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
of the nature of or resembling a tempest: a tempestuous wind.
tumultuous; turbulent: a tempestuous period in history.
Origin of tempestuous 1500–10; <Late Latin tempestuōsus, derivative of tempestus, variant of tempestās tempest (see -ous); replacing earlier tempeste (u )ous, tempestious (see -eous, -ious)
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OTHER WORDS FROM tempestuous tem·pes·tu·ous·ly, adverb tem·pes·tu·ous·ness, noun un·tem·pes·tu·ous, adjective un·tem·pes·tu·ous·ly, adverb
un·tem·pes·tu·ous·ness, noun
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Words nearby tempestuous tempered, temper tantrum, tempest, tempest in a teapot, tempest-tossed, tempestuous , tempi, Templar, template, temple, Temple City
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Example sentences from the Web for tempestuous This sets off a series of tempestuous events, with the couple spending the rest of the film arguing in front of everyone.
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The weather had been tempestuous and rainy, for three or four successive days: on the 28th it cleared up a little.
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Provence, a tempestuous time in, i. 212;royalist rising in, ii.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan Sloane
The tempestuous chords of the orchestra clash into the holy harmonies of the organ.
Stars of the Opera | Mabel Wagnalls
One night a tempestuous wind arose which, incidentally, produced a terrible waterspout.
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Into this tempestuous little "town," Roosevelt rode one day as night was falling.
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British Dictionary definitions for tempestuous adjective of or relating to a tempest
violent or stormy a tempestuous love affair
Derived forms of tempestuous tempestuously , adverb tempestuousness , noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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