Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: tempestuous
IPA transcription: [t,ɛmp'ɛstʃuəs]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild
    Meaning: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
  • Synonyms: stormy, tempestuous
    Meaning: characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy argument"; "a stormy marriage"
Usage examples
  • This girl's tempestuous irruption into his life had supplied flame for George.
  • The tempestuous situation from which Massachusetts has scarcely emerged, evinces that dangers of this kind are not merely speculative.
  • It's a wild tempestuous evening when this man that was,' stooping to wipe some hailstones out of his hair with an end of his own drowned jacket, '--there!
  • One tempestuous night, Metzengerstein, awaking from a heavy slumber, descended like a maniac from his chamber, and, mounting in hot haste, bounded away into the mazes of the forest.