'Tempestuous' definitions:
Definition of 'tempestuous'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Tempestuous'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'tempestuous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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