tempest
Meaning of tempest
noun
- a violent windy storm.
a raging tempest
a worldwide tempest of economic recession
Middle English: from Old French tempeste, from Latin tempestas ‘season, weather, storm’, from tempus ‘time, season’.
Information about tempest
- It is a name.
- The plural form of tempest is: tempests.
- Languages in which tempest is used:
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Hyphenation of tempest
tem-pest
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- tempest is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
tempest synonyms
Meaning storm:
Meaning a sudden violent gust of wind or localized storm, especially one bringing rain, snow, or sleet:
Meaning a very strong wind:
Meaning a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean:
Meaning a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system:
Meaning another term for tropical storm:
Meaning a tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific oceans:
Meaning a storm with thunder and lightning and typically also heavy rain or hail:
Meaning a sudden violent rainstorm:
Meaning a heavy fall of rain:
Meaning a storm with heavy rain:
Meaning a storm of heavy hail:
Meaning a severe flood:
Meaning a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and SE Asia, blowing from the south-west between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon ), or from the north-east between October:
Meaning a heavy fall of snow, especially with a high wind:
Meaning a severe snowstorm with high winds:
Meaning a sudden violent squall blowing offshore from a mountainous coast:
Meaning a storm with very strong wind but little or no rain or snow; a gale:
Meaning a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty:
Meaning a loud, confused noise, especially one caused by a large mass of people:
Meaning violent or unsteady movement of air or water, or of some other fluid:
Meaning agitation and excitement among a group of people, typically concerning major change and leading to trouble or violence:
Meaning the interruption of a settled and peaceful condition:
Meaning a state of confusion:
Meaning complete disorder and confusion:
Meaning a violent or sudden change or disruption to something:
Meaning disturbance or problems which interrupt an event, activity, or process:
Meaning a state of confused and noisy disturbance:
Meaning a loud and impassioned noise or disturbance:
Meaning an outbreak of public anger or excitement:
tempest antonyms
Meaning the quality or state of being tranquil; calm:
Translation of tempest
- German: Sturm
- French: tempête
- Italian: tempesta, tormenta
- Portuguese: borrasca, vendaval, tempestade
- Spanish: tempestad, borrasca, temporal, tormenta
Words that rhyme with tempest
Pest, pest, Budapest, anapest, budapest, cheapest, parapest, deepest, steepest, ripest, unripest, Ujpest, Tempest, campest, crumpest, dampest, empest, entempest, impest, jimpest, limpest, plumpest, flippest, heppest, hippest, rinderpest, sharpest, crispest, Neupest
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