Tempestuous

Quick meaning: Tempestuous is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy.

Meaning

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.

Example Sentences

But oft the Sea / Tempeſtuous kept them back, and Southern VVinds / Deter'd them.

A tempeſtuous noiſe of Thunder and Lightning heard: Enter a Ship-maſter, and a Boteſvvaine.

The day was tempestous with rain and with wind, / Even chargers were seen to draw back; […]

[T]he Months of March and September, the tvvo Æquinoxes of Our year, are the moſt vvindy and tempeſtuous, the moſt unſettled and unequable of Seaſons in moſt Countries of the VVorld.

Word Forms

• tempestous

Synonyms for tempestuous

Depending on context, synonyms include breme, procellous, wild, angry, furious, raging.

Antonyms for tempestuous

Common opposites include untempestuous.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include raging, furious, angry, wild, stormy, tumultuous.

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