Definition of Tempest

Tempest

An extensive current of wind, rushing with great velocity and violence, and commonly attended with rain, hail, or snow; a furious storm.

Fig.: Any violent tumult or commotion; as, a political tempest; a tempest of war, or of the passions.

A fashionable assembly; a drum. See the Note under Drum, n., 4.

To disturb as by a tempest.

To storm.

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Tempest Quotations

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character.
Albert Schweitzer

Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.
Epicurus

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos.
Dean Koontz

I think A Midsummer Night's Dream would be terrific because of the transformations that occur. Or The Tempest, things like that. Extraordinary larger than life or supernatural element.
Kenneth Branagh

When the tempest rages, when the thunders roar, and the lightnings blaze around us it is then that the truly brave man stands firm at his post.
Luther Martin

Worm or beetle - drought or tempest - on a farmer's land may fall, Each is loaded full o' ruin, but a mortgage beats 'em all.
Will Carleton

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Tempest Translations

tempest in Danish is storm
tempest in Dutch is storm
tempest in German is Sturm
tempest in Italian is tempesta
tempest in Latin is procella
tempest in Norwegian is storm
tempest in Portuguese is tempestade
tempest in Spanish is tormenta
tempest in Swedish is storm

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