tempest

Definition of tempest

Nouns

a violent commotion or disturbance
"it was only a tempest in a teapot"
Synonyms:
storm
Type of:
commotion, disruption, disturbance, flutter, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do
a disorderly outburst or tumult
(literary) a violent wind
"a tempest swept over the island"
Type of:
windstorm
a storm consisting of violent winds

Vocabulary Lists for tempest

Herman Melville's Moby Dick - Chapters 1 - 5 »(475 words)
  • monkey jacket
  • spouter
  • inion
  • tomahawk
  • river horse

Sophocles's Oedipus the King »(656 words)
  • suppliant
  • adjure
  • woe
  • slay
  • suborn

To the Lighthouse »(75 words)
  • entreat
  • dissever
  • bleat
  • jovially
  • glibly

The adventures of Tom Sawyer »(41 words)
book
  • adamantine
  • adoration
  • beguiled
  • clod
  • condescend

Julius Caesar, Act I Scene I »(282 words)
  • unfirm
  • accoutre
  • unbrace
  • preform
  • soothsayer

Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales - Beginning »(773 words)
Vocabulary words from The Canterbury Tales, from...
  • Theseus
  • narcotise
  • citole
  • drey
  • girasol

Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights - Chapters 1-2 »(386 words)
A fantastic vocabulary list for the first 2 chapters of...
  • virulency
  • canister
  • ensconce
  • auxiliary verb
  • horse pistol

Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" Chapters 1-9 »(198 words)
Vocabulary study list for Louisa May Alcott's "Little...
  • gesticulate
  • convulse
  • coddle
  • crumple
  • dawdle

The Raven »(88 words)
  • Plutonian
  • quaff
  • ungainly
  • beguile
  • yore

Dracula Guest »(56 words)
  • accompany
  • accompanying
  • ambiguous
  • apparent
  • asunder

Words that contain tempest

tempest-swept
 tempest-tossed
 tempest-tost
 tempestuous
 tempestuousness