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tempest
[ tem-pist ]
noun
- a violent windstorm, especially one with rain, hail, or snow.
- a violent commotion, disturbance, or tumult.
verb (used with object)
- to affect by or as by a tempest; disturb violently.
tempest
/ ˈ³ÙÉ›³¾±èɪ²õ³Ù /
noun
- literary.a violent wind or storm
- a violent commotion, uproar, or disturbance
verb
- poetic.tr to agitate or disturb violently
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of tempest1
Idioms and Phrases
- tempest in a teacup. teacup ( def 3 ).
Example Sentences
The plot picks up after the tempest of the first scene with Dolores implausibly insisting on her innocence: “I did not murder that b***h any more than I’m wearing a diamond tiara.â€
Now small armies of amateur Internet sleuths and movie fans have joined the fray, turning gripes and teapot tempests into social media scandals.
So I hope that’s not just a ripple; I hope it’s the butterfly wings that start the tempest, leading more and more people to behave like socially conscious consumers.
In a tempest of tragedy, basketball was his life preserver.
When Ruben Amorim predicted a "storm would come" surely even he did not anticipate the scale of the tempest through December.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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