Tempestuous - English meaning

adjective

Feeling or showing strong annoyance, displeasure, or hostility; full of anger.

Usage examples:

An angry customer

adjective

Having the feeling people get when something unfair, painful, or bad happens

Usage examples:

An angry mob, i hope you aren’t angry with me., he angrily slammed the door.

adjective

Windy or windswept.

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A blowy day

adjective

With a lot of wind

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A blowy day

adjective

(of weather) characterized by strong winds.

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A gusty, blustery day

adjective

(of the weather) stormy and windy

Usage examples:

A cold and blustery night

adjective

Noisy, energetic, and cheerful.

Usage examples:

A group of boisterous lads

adjective

Noisy and not controlled

Usage examples:

The audience burst into boisterous laughter.

adjective

(of a sea, lake, or river) having many small waves.

Usage examples:

Sea conditions are often very choppy

adjective

Covered or marked with an unclean substance.

Usage examples:

A tray of dirty cups and saucers

adverb

Used for emphasis.

Usage examples:

A dirty great slab of stone

verb

Make dirty.

Usage examples:

She didn't like him dirtying her nice clean towels

adjective

Relating to a person's emotions.

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Gaining emotional support from relatives

adjective

Connected with or showing feelings

Usage examples:

The mayor made an emotional appeal for aid following the tornado., the coach appeared emotionally d…

adjective

Able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart.

Usage examples:

An explosive device

noun

A substance which can be made to explode, especially any of those used in bombs or shells.

Usage examples:

Stocks of explosives

adjective

Exploding or able to explode easily

Usage examples:

An explosive device, certain gases are highly explosive., fig. it was a politically explosive issue…

adjective

Having or showing the symptoms of a fever.

Usage examples:

She felt sick and feverish

adjective

Having a fever

Usage examples:

I’m feeling a little feverish – i hope it’s not the flu., they worked from dark to dawn at a feveri…

adjective

Consisting of fire or burning strongly and brightly.

Usage examples:

The sun was a fiery ball low on the hills

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Flaming or extremely bright, hot, or of a red color like fire

Usage examples:

A fiery explosion, the fiery rays of the sun, fig. fiery (= spicy hot) chili, he’s known for his fi…

adjective

Offensive to the senses, especially through having a disgusting smell or taste or being dirty.

Usage examples:

A foul odour

noun

(in sport) an unfair or invalid stroke or piece of play, especially one involving interference with an opponent.

Usage examples:

The midfielder was booked for a foul on ford

adverb

Contrary to the rules; unfairly.

Usage examples:

That's the real problem: even guys who want to play fair are under pressure from cheaters to play f…

adjective

Distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.

Usage examples:

She was frantic with worry

adjective

Done in a very great hurry and often in a state of excitement or confusion

Usage examples:

Rescuers made frantic efforts to dig out people buried by the mudslide., when his wife arrived at t…

adjective

Urgent and involving a lot of activity

Usage examples:

There have been frantic attempts by central banks to restore order on the exchanges., more than 240…

adjective

Fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.

Usage examples:

A frenetic pace of activity

adjective

Involving a lot of movement or activity; extremely active, excited, or uncontrollable

Usage examples:

Americans like fast cars, fast-food restaurants, and a frenetic pace of life.

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Wildly excited or uncontrolled.

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A frenzied attack

adjective

Uncontrolled and excited, sometimes violent

Usage examples:

The office was a scene of frenzied activity this morning., as the evening wore on the dancing got m…

adjective

Extremely angry.

Usage examples:

He was furious when he learned about it

adjective

Characterized by or blowing in gusts.

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Gusty winds

adjective

With sudden, strong winds

Usage examples:

The forecast was for gusty winds and rain.

adjective

Made warm or hot.

Usage examples:

A heated swimming pool

verb

Make or become hot or warm.

Usage examples:

The room faces north and is difficult to heat

adjective

Excited or angry

Usage examples:

A heated argument/exchange

adjective

Producing a long, doleful cry or wailing sound.

Usage examples:

Howling wolves

verb

Make a howling sound.

Usage examples:

He howled in agony

adjective

(of the wind) blowing hard and making a lot of noise

Usage examples:

Once we played crazy golf in a howling gale., the hurricane's howling destructive winds just missed…

adjective

Affected by or deriving from wildly uncontrolled emotion.

Usage examples:

Janet became hysterical and began screaming

adjective

Filled with or showing great emotion.

Usage examples:

She made an impassioned plea for help

verb

Make passionate.

Usage examples:

Her body had once pleased and impassioned him

adjective

(of the weather) unpleasantly cold or wet.

Usage examples:

Walkers should be prepared for inclement weather

adjective

Of extreme force, degree, or strength.

Usage examples:

The job demands intense concentration

adjective

Extreme

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Intense heat/cold, a look of intense joy, an intense 13-week course, he was young and intense, and …

adjective

Full of life and energy; active and outgoing.

Usage examples:

A lively and uninhibited girl

adjective

Having or showing a lot of energy and enthusiasm, or showing interesting and exciting thought

Usage examples:

We have a lively group of seniors who meet to discuss the books they’ve read., imelda takes a livel…

adjective

Very bad or unpleasant.

Usage examples:

Plastic bags burn with a nasty, acrid smell

noun

An unpleasant or harmful person or thing.

Usage examples:

A water conditioner to neutralize chlorine and other nasties

Offensive or even (of persons) malicious

adjective

Having, showing, or caused by strong feelings or beliefs.

Usage examples:

Passionate pleas for help

adjective

Full of emotion

Usage examples:

A passionate speech, he really cares passionately about getting students to stay in school.

adjective

Showing rage.

Usage examples:

A raging bull

verb

Feel or express violent uncontrollable anger.

Usage examples:

He raged at the futility of it all

adjective

Very severe or extreme

Usage examples:

A raging toothache, a raging thirst, he's got a raging (= high) temperature., a raging bore, a ragi…

adjective

(of weather, a period, or an area) having or characterized by considerable rainfall.

Usage examples:

A rainy afternoon

adjective

Raining a lot

Usage examples:

We had three rainy days on holiday, but otherwise it was sunny.

adjective

Making or uttering a roar.

Usage examples:

He was greeted everywhere with roaring crowds

verb

(of a lion or other large wild animal) utter a full, deep, prolonged cry.

Usage examples:

We heard a lion roar

adjective

A roaring fire is very large, noisy, and bright.

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

adjective

(of weather) characterized by squalls.

Usage examples:

Squally showers

adjective

With sudden strong winds or short storms

Usage examples:

There is some squally weather on its way., a sudden squally shower threatened to blow my umbrella i…

adjective

(of weather) characterized by strong winds and usually rain, thunder, lightning, or snow.

Usage examples:

A dark and stormy night

noun

A method of painting with pigments dispersed in an emulsion miscible with water, typically egg yolk. the method was used in europe for fine painting, mainly on wood panels, from the 12th or early 13th century until the 15th, when it began to give way to oils.

Usage examples:

A green mineral, malachite, similar to azurite in constitution and often found with it, was pulveri…

noun

A method of painting with colours that are mixed with egg and water

adjective

Used to describe weather or a storm, etc. in which there is thunder

adjective

Making an uproar or loud, confused noise.

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Tumultuous applause

adjective

Very loud, or full of confusion, change, or uncertainty

Usage examples:

The former president appeared to tumultuous applause and a standing ovation., after the tumultuous …

adjective

Characterized by conflict, disorder, or confusion; not stable or calm.

Usage examples:

The country's turbulent history

adjective

Full of confusion; lacking order

Usage examples:

His book discusses the turbulent years of the civil rights struggle., turbulent seas kept us from s…

adjective

Experiencing many problems, disagreements, or changes

Usage examples:

A turbulent time/period/year the publishing world is going through a turbulent time at the moment.,…

adjective

Not controlled.

Usage examples:

Some uncontrolled children rather marred the proceedings

adjective

Existing or happening with nothing able to stop it

Usage examples:

Uncontrolled shivering, the uncontrolled spread of urban sprawl

adjective

Not restrained or restricted.

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A display of unrestrained delight

adjective

Not limited in any way

Usage examples:

Unrestrained fury, unrestrained capitalism

adjective

Using or involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.

Usage examples:

A violent confrontation with riot police

adjective

Using or involving force to hurt or attack

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Violent crime, the police are concerned about the possibility of violent behavior at the demonstrat…

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him

adjective

Characterized by or exposed to strong winds.

Usage examples:

A very windy day

adjective

(of a road or river) following a curving or twisting course.

Usage examples:

The long windy path

adjective

With a lot of wind

Usage examples:

It was a windy night., it was wet and windy for most of the week.