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English

Adjective

of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF.
tempestueux, F. temp[^e]tueux.]
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a
tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather;
a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. --
Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster]

They saw the Hebrew leader,
Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard.
--Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet tempestuous
adj : (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds
on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
[syn: angry, furious, raging, wild]

Moby Dictionary
anarchic , angry , blustering , blusterous , blustery , boisterous ,
chaotic , clamorous , cloudy , coarse , cyclonic , dirty , disruptive ,
fierce , fiery , foul , frantic , frenetic , frenzied , furious , hellish ,
hotheaded , impassioned , impetuous , infuriate , insensate , mad ,
mindless , orgasmic , orgastic , pandemoniac , passionate , raging ,
rainy , ravening , raving , riotous , rip-roaring , rough , simmering ,
storming , stormy , tornadic , troublous , tumultuous , turbulent ,
typhonic , typhoonish , unbridled , uncontrollable , uncontrolled ,
unrestrained , uproarious , vehement , violent , volcanic , wild ,
wrathful