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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characterized by violent emotions or behavior;
- Example: "a stormy argument"
- Example: "a stormy marriage"
[syn: stormy, tempestuous]

2. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger;
- Example: "angry clouds on the horizon"
- Example: "furious winds"
- Example: "the raging sea"
[syn: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Tempestuous \Tem*pes"tu*ous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF.
   tempestueux, F. temp[^e]tueux.]
   Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a
   tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather;
   a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. --
   Tem*pes"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Tem*pes"tu*ous*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]

         They saw the Hebrew leader,
         Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard.
                                                  --Longfellow.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

tempestuous
    adj 1: characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy
           argument"; "a stormy marriage" [syn: stormy,
           tempestuous]
    2: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds
       on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn:
       angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild]