English-Thai Dictionary

tempestuous

ADJ ซึ่ง มี พายุ แรง  furious raging stormy tumultuous sueng-me-pa-yu-rang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEMPESTUOUS

a. 1. Very story; turbulent; rough with wind; as tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night.
2. Blowing with violence; as a tempestuous wind.

 

TEMPESTUOUSLY

adv. With great violence of wind or great commotion; turbulently.

 

TEMPESTUOUSNESS

n.Storminess; the state of being tempestuous or disturbed by violent winds; as the tempestuousness of the winter or of weather.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TEMPESTUOUS

Tem *pes "tu *ous, a. Etym: [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F.tempêtueux.]

 

Defn: 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. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. Longfellow.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tempestuous

tem pes tu ous |temˈpesCHo͞oəs temˈpestʃuəs | ▶adjective 1 characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion: he had a reckless and tempestuous streak. 2 very stormy: a tempestuous wind. DERIVATIVES tem pes tu ous ly adverb, tem pes tu ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin tempestuosus, from Latin tempestas (see tempest ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

tempestuous

tempestuous |tɛmˈpɛstjʊəs | ▶adjective 1 characterized by strong and turbulent or conflicting emotion: he had a reckless and tempestuous streak. 2 very stormy: a tempestuous wind. DERIVATIVES tempestuously adverb, tempestuousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin tempestuosus, from Latin tempestas (see tempest ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

tempestuous

tempestuous adjective 1 the fair weather passed and the day became tempestuous: stormy, blustery, squally, wild, turbulent, windy, gusty, blowy, rainy; foul, nasty, inclement. ANTONYMS calm, fine. 2 the tempestuous political environment: turbulent, stormy, tumultuous, wild, lively, heated, explosive, feverish, frenetic, frenzied. ANTONYMS peaceful. 3 a tempestuous woman: emotional, passionate, impassioned, fiery, intense; temperamental, volatile, excitable, mercurial, capricious, unpredictable, quick-tempered. ANTONYMS calm, placid.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

tempestuous

tempestuous adjective 1 the fine weather had broken and the day was tempestuous: stormy, blustery, squally, wild, turbulent, windy, gusty, blowy, rainy, thundery, rough, choppy; angry, dirty, foul, nasty, inclement; howling, roaring, raging, furious; rare boisterous. ANTONYMS calm, fine. 2 the increasingly tempestuous political environment: turbulent, stormy, tumultuous, violent, wild, ‘lively ’, heated, explosive, uncontrolled, unrestrained, feverish, hysterical, frenetic, frenzied, frantic. ANTONYMS peaceful. 3 he was finding it harder and harder to live with such a tempestuous woman: emotional, passionate, intense, impassioned, fiery, temperamental; volatile, excitable, mercurial, capricious, unpredictable, erratic, hot-tempered, quick-tempered. ANTONYMS placid, calm.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

tempestuous

tem pes tu ous /tempéstʃuəs, -tju- /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 熱烈な, 激情に駆られた 〈関係 人など 〉; 激動の, 動乱の 〈時代など 〉.2 ｟文 ｠大あらし [ふぶき ]の 〈海 風など 〉.～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞