Definition of tempest

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Tempest (n.) An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm..

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Intempestive :: Intempestive (a.) Out of season; untimely.
Ravage :: Ravage (n.) Desolation by violence; violent ruin or destruction; devastation; havoc; waste; as, the ravage of a lion; the ravages of fire or tempest; the ravages of an army, or of time..
Rugged :: Rugged (n.) Stormy; turbulent; tempestuous; rude.
Welter :: Welter (n.) A rising or falling, as of waves; as, the welter of the billows; the welter of a tempest..
Gusty :: Gusty (a.) Subject to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous..
Gale :: Gale (n.) A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
Hard :: Hard (adv.) With tension or strain of the powers; violently; with force; tempestuously; vehemently; vigorously; energetically; as, to press, to blow, to rain hard; hence, rapidly; as, to run hard..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..
Tempestive :: Tempestive (a.) Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers..
Rough :: Rough (n.) Tempestuous; boisterous; stormy; as, rough weather; a rough day..
Tempest :: Tempest (n.) Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions..
Wild :: Wild (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy..
Tempest :: Tempest (n.) A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4..
Tempest :: Tempest (v. i.) To storm.
Tempestuous :: Tempestuous (a.) Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate..
Tempestivily :: Tempestivily (n.) The quality, or state, of being tempestive; seasonableness..
Storm :: Storm (v. i.) To raise a tempest.
Nimbose :: Nimbose (a.) Cloudy; stormy; tempestuous.
Windy :: Windy (superl.) Tempestuous; boisterous; as, windy weather..
Lower :: Lower (v. i.) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; to be covered with dark and threatening clouds, as the sky; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest..
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