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tempestuous [tɛmˈpɛstjʊəs] adj
1. of or relating to a tempest 2. violent or stormy a tempestuous love affair tempestuously adv tempestuousness n ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
tempestuous adjective 1. passionate, intense, turbulent, heated, wild, excited, emotional, violent, flaming, hysterical, stormy, impassioned, uncontrolled, boisterous, feverish the couple's tempestuous relationship passionate serene, quiet, calm, peaceful, tranquil, undisturbed, unruffled Translations tempestuous [tɛmˈpɛstʃuəs] adj [relationship] → orageux/euse, tumultueux/euse; [marriage] → tumultueux/euse; [person] → turbulent(e) tempestuous [tɛmˈpɛstjʊəs] adj (relationship, meeting) → burrascoso/a tempestuous [tɛmˈpɛstjʊəs] adj (relationship, meeting) → burrascoso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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It stood on a sharp bleak corner, where that tempestuous wind Euroclydon kept up a worse howling than ever it did about poor Paul's tossed craft. I could imagine no worse eternal punishment for evil seamen who die unrepentant upon the earthly sea than that their souls should be condemned to man the ghosts of disabled ships, drifting for ever across a ghostly and tempestuous ocean. Month after month for the six years in which the "Editor's Study" continued in the keeping of its first occupant, its lesson was more or less stormily delivered, to the exclusion, for the greater part, of other prophecy, but it has not been found well to keep the tempestuous manner along with the fulminant matter in this volume. |
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