Tempestuous Definition

tĕm-pĕscho͝o-əs
adjective
Violent; turbulent.
Webster's New World
Of, involving, or like a tempest.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Tempestuous

  • Middle English from Late Latin tempestuōsus from tempestūs tempest variant of tempestās tempest

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Tempestuous Sentence Examples

  • The tempestuous politics of the war and reconstruction period suited his aggressive nature and constructive talent.

  • On the left the prince's men could not load their pieces, their powder being ruined by the tempestuous rain.

  • The tempestuous weather, moreover, created serious damage at most of the landing-places, where solidly constructed jetties were in some instances completely demolished by the seas.

  • It was a wild, tempestuous night toward the close of November.

  • But the growth and development of the northern communal movement, though strong and instinct with life, was slower and less tempestuous than the Flemish.

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