tempestuous

[ tem-pes-choo-uhs ]
/ tɛmˈpɛs tʃu əs /
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adjective

characterized by or subject to tempests: the tempestuous ocean.
of the nature of or resembling a tempest: a tempestuous wind.
tumultuous; turbulent: a tempestuous period in history.

Origin of tempestuous

1500–10; < Late Latin tempestuōsus, derivative of tempestus, variant of tempestās tempest (see -ous); replacing earlier tempeste(u)ous, tempestious (see -eous, -ious)

OTHER WORDS FROM tempestuous

Words nearby tempestuous

tempered, tempest, tempest in a teapot, tempest, the, tempest-tossed, tempestuous, tempi, templar, template, temple, temple city

Words related to tempestuously

violently, frantically, furiously, tumultuously

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British Dictionary definitions for tempestuously

tempestuous
/ (tɛmˈpɛstjʊəs) /

adjective

of or relating to a tempest
violent or stormy a tempestuous love affair

Derived forms of tempestuous

tempestuously, adverb tempestuousness, noun