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tempestuous |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. --Longfellow. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tempestuous adj : (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn: {angry}, {furious}, {raging}, {wild}]
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