tempestuous Definition
tem·pes·tu·ous (tem pes′c̸ho̵̅o̅ əs, -tyo̵̅o̅ əs)
adjective
- of, involving, or like a tempest
- 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
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.
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- ‹ temperance
- ‹ temperamentally
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