1. A violent commotion or disturbance
   "it was only a tempest in a teapot"
   - storm 
2. (literary) a violent wind
   "a tempest swept over the island"

Derived forms: tempests

See also: tempestuous

Type of: commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do, windstorm

Encyclopedia: Tempest

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