Tempest - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈtempɪst|  American pronunciation of the word tempest
Brit.  |ˈtempɪst|  British pronunciation of the word tempest

noun

- a violent commotion or disturbance (syn: storm)
it was only a tempest in a teapot
- (literary) a violent wind
a tempest swept over the island

Extra examples

...the sudden summertime tempest drove us off the golf course and into the clubhouse...

...the town council handled the tempest over cuts to the school budget as well as could be expected...

The tempest crashes down the forest.

Haley dismissed the lawsuit as a tempest in a teapot.

Be quiet whilst the tempest lasts. (W. M. Thackeray)

Word forms

noun
singular: tempest
plural: tempests
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