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tem·pest
(tĕm′pĭst)n.
1. A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.
2. Furious agitation, commotion, or tumult; an uproar: "The tempest in my mind / Doth from my senses take all feeling" (Shakespeare).
tr.v. tem·pest·ed, tem·pest·ing, tem·pests
Idiom: To cause a tempest around or in.
tempest in a teacup/teapot
A great disturbance or uproar over a matter of little or no importance.
[Middle English, from Old French tempeste, from Vulgar Latin *tempesta, variant of Latin tempestās, from tempus, time.]
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tempest
(ˈtɛmpɪst)n
1. (Physical Geography) chiefly literary a violent wind or storm
2. a violent commotion, uproar, or disturbance
vb
(tr) poetic to agitate or disturb violently
[C13: from Old French tempeste, from Latin tempestās storm, from tempus time]
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tem•pest
(ˈtɛm pɪst)n.
1. a violent windstorm, esp. one with rain.
2. a violent commotion, disturbance, or tumult.
v.t. 3. to affect by a tempest; disturb violently.
[1200–50; Middle English tempeste < Old French < Vulgar Latin *tempesta, for Latin tempestās season, weather, storm =tempes- (variant s. of tempus time) + -tās -ty2]
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tempest
An unclassified term referring to technical investigations for compromising emanations from electrically operated information processing equipment; these investigations are conducted in support of emanations and emissions security. See also counterintelligence.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
Tempest
a tumultuous throng; a rushing crowd of people or things, 1746.Examples: tempest of cheering, 1909; of wild horses, 1866; of sand, 1856; of temptations, 1606; of wind, 1250.
Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
tempest
Past participle: tempested
Gerund: tempesting
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| Noun | 1. |  tempest - a violent commotion or disturbance; "the storms that had characterized their relationship had died away"; "it was only a tempest in a teapot"commotion, hoo-ha, hoo-hah, hurly burly, kerfuffle, to-do, disruption, disturbance, flutter - a disorderly outburst or tumult; "they were amazed by the furious disturbance they had caused" |
| 2. | tempest - (literary) a violent wind; "a tempest swept over the island" literature - creative writing of recognized artistic value windstorm - a storm consisting of violent winds |
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tempest
noun
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Translations
عاصِفَه
bouře
storm
óveîur, ofviîri
aistringumas
vētra
boraşiddetli fırtına
tempest
[ˈtempɪst] N (poet) → tempestad fa tempest in a teapot (US) → una tormenta or tempestad en un vaso de agua
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tempest
n (liter) → Sturm m (also fig), → Unwetter nt; it was a tempest in a teapot (US) → es war ein Sturm im Wasserglas
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tempest
(ˈtempist) noun a violent storm, with very strong winds. A tempest arose and they were drowned at sea.
tempestuous (temˈpestjuəs) adjective1. (of a person, behaviour etc) violently emotional; passionate. a tempestuous argument/relationship.
2. very stormy; of or like a tempest. tempestuous winds.
temˈpestuously adverbtemˈpestuousness noun
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tempest
n. tempestad, tormenta.
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