tempestuous relationship

Examples

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• We already have that problem with domestic violence; we don't recognize anything except the final stages as abuse, and that perpetuates the problem (look how many newspaper articles describe the scene of murder-suicides as "tempestuous relationship" or "love gone wrong" or "estrangement" even in the face of documented evidence of abuse!)

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• "The two had a tempestuous relationship, but they were young and both were going through rebellious phases back then."

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• The house in which Rimbaud and Verlaine lived as lovers... was demolished in 1938 to make way for a telephone exchange... where a monument to their tempestuous relationship has been erected.

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• Status: After their breakup, Ryder has had a tempestuous relationship with her ex and mutual friend Gwyneth Paltrow, who Paltrow calls "her worst frenemy."

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• My parents had a tumultuous and tempestuous relationship filled with arguments and intense emotions.

• The couple's tempestuous relationship was often in the headlines due to their public fights.

• She often described her tempestuous relationship with her best friend as a rollercoaster of emotions.

Synonyms

R

rocky relationship

vstempestuous relationship

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A relationship that has frequent problems and disagreements

is more emotional and unpredictable with intense volatile conflict

T

tinderbox of tension

vstempestuous relationship

• Literature

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A situation likely to suddenly become violent or start a fight

is ongoing volatile emotion and repeated conflict rather than sudden eruption

Antonyms

H

harmonious

14 4.2

People who live and work together peacefully

How Stormy

tempestuous relationship

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rocky relationship

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Etymology