Tempest - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈtempɪst|
Brit.
|ˈtempɪst|
noun
- a violent commotion or disturbance (syn: storm)
it was only a tempest in a teapot
- (literary) a violent winda 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
singular: tempest
plural: tempests
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