tempest
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- noun
- /ˈtɛmpɪst/
- Literature
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tempestad
- The sailors were anxious as the tempest approached, with winds howling and rain pouring down.
Examples
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The butterfly had flapped its wings, and the tempest had gathered.
Academic text (1999) -
We cannot call her winds and waters sighs and tears; they are greater storms and tempests than almanacs can report.
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Perhaps Act 3 could begin with a tempest.
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The rage of the tempest is calling me.
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Whole shelves of people who liked her were waiting, watching this fierce tempest of death and life.
Fiction book (2002) -
Bring forth the fury of thy tempest before me.
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Then he quieted, as suddenly as the tempest had begun.
Fiction book (1991) -
Caught below the snowy tempest, you were doomed; above it, you merely had time to consider your doom.
Fiction book (1998) -
Safe and serene, the Nautilus cruised beneath the tempest.
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Ye torrents roar, ye tempests howl Your wrath outpour with angry growl
Synonyms
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A storm with very strong winds that can cause damage
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A strong wind with sudden hard gusts
Very strong winds and heavy rain that make conditions dangerous
A strong storm with thunder and heavy rain
A sudden strong storm with heavy rain and thunder
A violent northeast wind in the Mediterranean that the Bible mentions
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Etymology
Tempest comes from the Latin word tempestas, which meant both 'time' and 'storm'. So a tempest is a sudden, powerful weather 'storm', and writers use it to mean a violent, windy storm.