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/ ˈtɛm pɪst / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow.
a violent commotion, disturbance, or tumult.
verb (used with object) to affect by or as by a tempest; disturb violently.
Idioms for tempesttempest in a teacup . teacup (def. 3).
Origin of tempest 1200–50; Middle English
tempeste <Old French <Vulgar Latin
*tempesta, for Latin
tempestās season, weather, storm, equivalent to
tempes- (variant stem of
tempus time) +
-tās -ty
2 Words nearby tempest temperature inversion, temperature spot, temper color, tempered, temper tantrum, tempest , tempest in a teapot, tempest-tossed, tempestuous, tempi, Templar
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And yet, as we all of us felt, everything now depended on Tempest .
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I had come into a place mute of all light, that bellows as the sea does in a tempest , if it be combated by opposing winds.
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As the night drew on, the tempest abated, and the reading and prayers lessened.
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Tempest went to the pumps, and saw one of the men whose arms were tired, and whose whole body showed exhaustion.
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But all absorbed sat the old man, and heeded not cold or tempest as he read the music.
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British Dictionary definitions for tempest noun mainly literary a violent wind or storm
a violent commotion, uproar, or disturbance
verb (tr) poetic to agitate or disturb violently
Word Origin for tempest C13: from Old French tempeste, from Latin tempestās storm, from tempus time
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Words related to tempest windstorm, tornado, tumult, hurricane, squall, uproar, cyclone, furor, upheaval, disturbance, blizzard, bluster, chaos, gale, typhoon, ferment, convulsion, wildness