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tempestuous

 
Dictionary: tem·pes·tu·ous   (tĕm-pĕs'chū-əs) pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Of, relating to, or resembling a tempest: tempestuous gales.
  2. Tumultuous; stormy: a tempestuous relationship.

[Middle English, from Late Latin tempestuōsus, from tempestūs, tempest, variant of tempestās. See tempest.]

tempestuously tem·pes'tu·ous·ly adv.
tempestuousness tem·pes'tu·ous·ness n.
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Thesaurus: tempestuous
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adjective

  1. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent, wild. See calm/agitation.
  2. Marked by unrest or disturbance: stormy, tumultuous, turbulent. See calm/agitation.

 
Antonyms: tempestuous
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adj

Definition: wild, stormy
Antonyms: calm, gentle, mild, moderate


 
WordNet: tempestuous
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
  Synonyms: angry, furious, raging, wild


 
Translations: Tempestuous
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - stormfuld, stormende

Nederlands (Dutch)
stormachtig, onstuimig

Français (French)
adj. - tempétueux, impétueux, tumultueux (mer, vent)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - stürmisch, ungestüm

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - θυελλώδης, τρικυμιώδης, φουρτουνιασμένος, (μτφ.) ταραχώδης, βίαιος

Italiano (Italian)
tempestoso, impetuoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - tempestuoso

Русский (Russian)
бурный, буйный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tempestuoso, borrascoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - stormig, våldsam

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
有暴风雨的, 暴乱的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 有暴風雨的, 暴亂的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 대폭풍우의, 격렬한, 동란의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大あらしの, 激しい

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) عاصف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮סוער, גועש‬


 
 
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