tempestuous : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: tempestuous	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for tempestuous
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tempestuous adj characterized by violent emotions or behavior; "a stormy argument"; "a stormy marriage" Synonym(s): stormy, tempestuous (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" Synonym(s): angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tempestuous \Tempes"tuous\, a. [L. tempestuous: cf. OF. tempestueux, F. temp[88]tueux.] Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent; violent; stormy; as, tempestuous weather; a tempestuous night; a tempestuous debate. -- {Tempes"tuously}, adv. -- {Tempes"tuousness}, n. They saw the Hebrew leader, Waiting, and clutching his tempestuous beard. --Longfellow.