About The Word Tempest
Learn about the word Tempest to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Tempest definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Tempest
| Tempest Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Tempest?
[n] (literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island"
[n] a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot" Synonyms | Synonyms for Tempest: storm Related Terms | Find terms related to Tempest: See Also | commotion | disruption | disturbance | flutter | hoo-ha | hoo-hah | hurly burly | kerfuffle | stir | to-do | turmoil | windstorm Tempest In Webster's Dictionary \Tem"pest\, n. [OF. tempeste, F. temp[^e]te, (assumed)
LL. tempesta, fr. L. tempestas a portion of time, a season,
weather, storm, akin to tempus time. See {Temporal} of time.]
1. An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity
and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or
snow; a furious storm.
[We] caught in a fiery tempest, shall be hurled,
Each on his rock transfixed. --Milton.
2. Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political
tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.
3. A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under {Drum},
n., 4. [Archaic] --Smollett.
Note: Tempest is sometimes used in the formation of
self-explaining compounds; as, tempest-beaten,
tempest-loving, tempest-tossed, tempest-winged, and the
like.
Syn: Storm; agitation; perturbation. See {Storm}.
\Tem"pest\, v. t. [Cf. OF. tempester, F. temp[^e]ter to rage.] To disturb as by a tempest. [Obs.] Part huge of bulk Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait, Tempest the ocean. --Milton. \Tem"pest\, v. i. To storm. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. |
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Creatine phosphate ‐ an organic compound of creatine and phosphoric acid; found in…
- Lycopus europaeus ‐ hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped…
- Front end ‐ the side that is forward or…
- Arteria appendicularis ‐ the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform…
- Nonstop ‐ a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination;…
- Family sclerotiniaceae ‐ a fungus family of order…
- Finale ‐ the concluding part of any performance [n] the closing section…
- Creditor ‐ a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an…
- Sudden infant death syndrome ‐ sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during…
- Bulblet bladder fern ‐ North American fern often bearing bulbils on…