tempestuous
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tempestuous
- /tɛmˈpɛs.tjʊ.əs/ UK
- /-t͡ʃʊ-/ UK
- /tɛmˈpɛs.tʃu.əs/ US
- /tɛmˈpɛs.tju.əs/ US
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English tempestious, tempestous, tempestuous (“stormy, turbulent, tempestuous”), from Anglo-Norman tempestous, and Old French tempesteus, tempestos, tempestous, tempestuose (modern French tempétueux), and directly from its etymon Latin tempestuōsus (“stormy, turbulent, tempestuous; impetuous”), from tempestās, tempestūs (“point or period of time; season; weather, specifically bad weather; storm, tempest”) (from tempus (“period of time; (rare) weather”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”) or *ten- (“to extend, stretch”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). The English word is equivalent to tempest + -uous (a variant of -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting the presence of a quality, typically in abundance)).
adjective more tempestuous · most tempestuous · tempestous
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Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy.
I wyl aduertise you that this Boke is named the Shyp of foles of the worlde: For this worlde is nought els but a tempestous se in the whiche we dayly wander and are caste in dyuers tribulacions paynes and aduersitees: some by ignoraunce and some by wilfulnes: wherfore such doers ar worthy to be call
Similar: breme, nimbose, procellous · Opposite: untempestuous
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Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.
After their tempestuous argument, they did not speak to each other for weeks.
Opposite: untempestuous
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adj of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; of a place: frequently experiencing tempests — see also stormy
| Español | tempestuoso, borrascoso, proceloso |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 洶湧 /汹涌 xiōngyǒng |
| Português | tempestuoso |
| Français | tempétueux |
| Deutsch | stürmisch |
| Italiano | tempestoso |
| Ελληνικά | θυελλώδης thyellódis |
| Română | tempestuos, furtunos |
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