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tempestuous Definition

tem·pes·tu·ous (tem pesc̸ho̵̅o̅ əs, -tyo̵̅o̅ əs)

adjective

  1. of, involving, or like a tempest
  2. violent; turbulent

Etymology: MFr tempestueus < LL tempestuosus < L tempestas

tempestuous Related Forms

tem·pes·tu·ously adverb tem·pes·tu·ous·ness noun

tempestuous Synonyms

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tempestuous Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • marriage: Amazing June has required more effort each succeeding year of our often tempestuous marriage.
  • affair: A piece of material, touched, smelled, wrapped is a tempestuous love affair with materials.
  • relationship: I weep at my piano is inspired by the tempestuous relationship between these one-time friends.
  • sea: The lovers are blasted around tempestuous seas for all eternity.
  • night: It was a wild, tempestuous night toward the close of November.
  • life: Robert Robinson had been saved out of a tempestuous life of sin, through George Whitefield's ministry in England.

Modifying Another Word

  • often: Yet it would be wholly wrong to see the story of his, often tempestuous life, in negative terms.
  • very: The vessel took up what was considered by the seafaring class a very dangerous position, the sea being very tempestuous.
  • sometimes: Paul Haines reports on how to keep a sometimes tempestuous relationship alive.