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tempest Definition

tem·pest (tempist)

noun

  1. a violent storm with high winds, esp. one accompanied by rain, hail, or snow
  2. a violent outburst; tumult

Etymology: ME < OFr tempeste < VL *tempesta, for L tempestas, portion of time, weather, a calamity, storm, tempest < tempus, time: see temper

transitive verb

Old Poet. to agitate violently

tempest Idioms

tempest in a teapot

a great commotion over a small problem

tempest Synonyms

tempest

n.

  1. A storm

    gale, typhoon, blizzard; see storm 1.

  2. A commotion

    tumult, chaos, turmoil; see disturbance 2.

tempest Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • rage: Bethany wrote... " I wish my smiles could still the raging tempest of the Saturday shoppers.
  • still: He speaks, and things have being; he casts out devils, stills the tempest, and raises the dead.
  • raise: Anything like what musicians call a fugue would have raised a tempest.
  • quell: How Germanus the Bishop, sailing into Britain with Lupus, first quelled the tempest of the CHAP.
  • whirl: Wrath has gone forth, a whirling tempest; it will burst upon the head of the wicked.
  • brave: Seeds of Revolution Scottish botanists braved tempests and conflicts to discover new flowers and fauna.

Preposition: at

sea: I then hope to create a fantastic, seamless transition taking the audience from the tempest at sea to Prospero on his island.

Converse of subject

overtake: What a terrible situation for our travelers, to be thus overtaken by a tempest in a frail bark which they could not manage!

Adjective modifier

  • furious: It was a remarkable fact that, although in the very midst of the furious tempest, they did not suffer from it.
  • mighty: So that very night he conjured up a mighty tempest.
  • terrible: Before he breathed his last a terrible tempest arose.
  • violent: Monday 25 June will long be remembered at Bream for the violent tempest which visited us in the afternoon.
  • dreadful: His wish was gratified, in the dreadful tempest of Nov. 27th.

Modifies a noun

group: Walker AE, Johnston M, Grimshaw JM, Abraham SCS, Campbell MK and the TEMPEST group.

Noun used with modifier

vane: Vane tempest, which was playing house, therefore became more of a chill out room.

Preposition: in

  • teapot: It's not specific to self-archiving, and a tempest in a teapot as far as that is concerned.
  • day: Who sent the stormy wind and tempest in the days of Jonah ( Jonah 1:4 )?

Preposition: of

  • wind: It is now " blown down & overthrown by tempest of wind " to his ruin.
  • life: Amidst the storms and the tempests of life he extends his prospects to the regions of everlasting peace.