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Tempest

/ˈtɛmpəst/

A storm, especially one with severe winds.

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📖 Definitions of "Tempest"

noun

1
A storm, especially one with severe winds.
2
Any violent tumult or commotion.
3
A fashionable social gathering; a drum.

verb

1
To storm.
2
To disturb, as by a tempest.

🔄 Synonyms of "Tempest"

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Word	Definition
stormnoun	Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Tempest"

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Word	Definition
stormnoun	Any disturbed state of the atmosphere causing destructive or unpleasant weather, especially one affecting the earth's surface involving strong winds (leading to high waves at sea) and usually lightning, thunder, and precipitation.
rainstormnoun	A storm characterized by substantial, heavy rainfall.
bourasquenoun	(archaic) A tempest.
snowstormnoun	Bad weather involving blowing winds and snow, or blowing winds and heavy snowfall amount.
blizzardnoun	A large snowstorm accompanied by strong winds and greatly reduced visibility caused by blowing snow.
firestormnoun	(figurative) An intense or violent altercation; an intense or violent response; an outburst (as of controversy)
whirlwindnoun	A windstorm of limited extent, such as a tornado, dust devil, or waterspout, characterized by an inward spiral motion of the air with an upward current in the center; a vortex of air.
thunderstormnoun	A storm consisting of thunder and lightning produced by a cumulonimbus, usually accompanied with heavy rain, wind, and sometimes hail; and in rarer cases sleet, freezing rain, or snow.
turmoilnoun	A state of great disorder or uncertainty.
angernoun	A strong and unpleasant feeling of displeasure, hostility, or antagonism, usually combined with an urge to yell, curse, damage or destroy things, or harm living beings, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, threat, insults, unfair or unjust treatment, or an undesired situation.
galenoun	(meteorology) A very strong wind, more than a breeze, less than a storm; number 7 through to 9 winds on the 12-step Beaufort scale.
recallsverb	(transitive, intransitive) To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.
stormsnoun	A surname.
tostnoun	Obsolete spelling of toast. [(chiefly uncountable) Bread that has been toasted (cooked lightly by browning).]
squallnoun	(often nautical) A sudden storm, as found in a squall line.
cyclonenoun	(loosely) Any weather phenomenon consisting of a system of winds rotating around a centre of low atmospheric pressure; a low pressure system.
hurricanenoun	A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
maelstromnoun	(figuratively) A chaotic or turbulent situation.
upheavalnoun	Disruptive change, from one state to another.
tumultnoun	Confused, agitated noise as made by a crowd.