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- 1. a violent windy storm: "a raging tempest" Similar Opposite
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verb. tempested; tempesting; tempests. transitive verb. : to raise a tempest in or around. Synonyms. Noun. squall. storm. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of tempest in a Sentence.
a violent storm. Idiom. tempest in a teapot. (Definition of tempest from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
a violent storm. Idiom. tempest in a teapot. (Definition of tempest from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
The meaning of tempest has expanded over time to include the idea of anger or fighting. A "tempest in a tea pot" means a passionate fight over something that is in fact fairly trivial. For example, a loud argument about whether to use cloth or paper napkins at Thanksgiving could be considered a "tempest in a tea pot" to some.
1. A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail. 2. Furious agitation, commotion, or tumult; an uproar: "The tempest in my mind / Doth from my senses take all feeling" (Shakespeare). tr.v. tem·pest·ed, tem·pest·ing, tem·pests. To cause a tempest around or in. Idiom: tempest in a teacup/teapot.
1. countable noun. A tempest is a very violent storm. [literary] Torrential rain and a howling tempest cut a swathe of destruction across the country. 2. countable noun. You can refer to a situation in which people are very angry or excited as a tempest. [literary] I hadn't foreseen the tempest my request would cause.
Tempest definition: a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow.. See examples of TEMPEST used in a sentence.
tempest noun. Meaning & use. 1.a. c1250–. A violent storm of wind, usually accompanied by a downfall of rain, hail, or snow, or by thunder. c1250. So hi were in þo ssipe so a-ros a great tempeste of winde. Old Kentish Serm. in Old English Miscellany 32. 1297. Hor folc hii lore in þe se þoru tempest [variant reading tempeste] moni on.
Tempest definition: A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.
a lot of anger or worry about something that is not important. See tempest in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: tempest. Definition of tempest noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
