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Definition of Tempestuous

1. Adjective. Characterized by violent emotions or behavior. "A stormy marriage"

2. Adjective. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger. "The raging sea"

Definition of Tempestuous

1. a. Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate.

Definition of Tempestuous

1. Adjective. Of, or resembling a tempest; stormy, tumultuous. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tempestuous

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tempestuous

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Literary usage of Tempestuous

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The action of the sea is so tempestuous here that the engineers calculated that stone blocks would have to be of about 350 cubic feet to remain in place. ..."

2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society, Bostonian Society (1894)
"... (so news letter) a hideous tempestuous wind arose, the wind South West; [but* did little or no harme here], much in London—very many houses shattered, ..."

3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"For no one dreamt of the little Dutch smuggling brig storm-driven up the Firth on yon tempestuous March night—no one knew of the young pallid half-drowned ..."

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