Meaning of tempest | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. A storm, especially one with severe winds.
3. To cause a tempest around or in.
4. Any violent tumult or commotion.
5. A fashionable social gathering; a drum.
   obsolete
6. A great disturbance or uproar over a matter of little or no importance.
7. a violent storm, with very strong winds. A tempest arose and they were drowned at sea. storm عاصِفَه силна буря tempestade bouře der Sturm storm καταιγίδαtempestad, tormenta maru, raju توفان rajumyrsky tempêteסערה आधी oluja vihar badai óveður, ofviðri tempesta 大嵐 사나운 비바람 audra vētra ribut kencang stormuvær, stormburza tempestade furtună буря búrka nevihta bura storm, oväder พายุ (หิมะ, ลูกเห็บฯลฯ) şiddetli fırtına, bora 暴風雨 буря طوفان، آندھي cơn bão lớn 大风暴，暴风雨
8. stormagtig بصورَةٍ عاصِفَه бурно tempestuosamente bouřlivě stürmisch stormfuldt εκρηκτικά, παράφορα, θυελλωδώς tempestuosamente maruliselt با جوش و خروش myrskyisästi de manière tempétueuse בִּסעָרָה तूफानीपन से, प्रचण्डता से olujno, burno viharosan dengan dahsyat ofsalega in maniera tempestosa 激しく 격렬하게 audringai vētrains; aukains dgn kecoh stormachtigstormende gwałtownie tempestuosamente ca o furtună; vije­lios бурно; буино búrlivo viharno burno stormigt อย่างโผงผาง şiddetli bir şekilde 暴風雨般地...
9. stormagtigheid عَصْف، شِدَّة الإنْفِعال беснеене turbulência rozbouřenost das Ungestüm stormfuldhed κατάσταση θύελλας, εκρηκτικότητα cualidad de tempestuoso marulisus جوش و خروش myrskyisyys caractère orageux/violent מָצַב שֶׁל סְעָרָה तूफानीपन, प्रचण्डता burnost viharosság kedahsyatan ofsi, ofsafengni carattere tempestoso 激しさ 격렬함 aistringumas, audringumas vētrainība; dedzīgums kekecohan stormachtigheid opprørthetgwałtownośćturbulência caracter violent бурность; буйство rozbúrenosť viharnost b...
10. tempestad, tormenta.
11. A violent windstorm, frequently accompanied by rain, snow, or hail.
12. Furious agitation, commotion, or tumult; an uproar: "The tempest in my mind / Doth from my senses take all feeling" (Shakespeare).
13. (Physical Geography) chiefly literary a violent wind or storm
    chiefly
14. a violent commotion, uproar, or disturbance

Equivalents

Examples

“For a Tempeſt. Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auſter and Boreas, and caſt them together in one Verſe. Add to theſe of Rain, Lightning, and of Thunder (the loudeſt you can) quantum ſufficit. Mix your Clouds and Billows well together till they foam, and thicken your Deſcription here and there with a Quickſand. Brew your Tempeſt well in your Head, before you ſet it a blowing.”

“BEAT on, proud billows; Boreas blow; / Swell, curled waves, high as Jove's roof; / Your incivility doth ſhow, / That innocence is tempeſt proof; / Though ſurly Nereus frown, my thoughts are calm; / Then ſtrike, Affliction, for thy wounds are balm. [Attributed to Roger L'Estrange (1616–1704).]”

“As every sailor knows, a spicy gale in the tropic latitudes of the Pacific is far different from a tempest in the howling North Atlantic.”

“The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom.[…]Roaring, leaping, pouncing, the tempest raged about the wanderers, drowning and blotting out their forms with sandy spume.”

“Comforted with these reflections, the tempest of his soul subsided”

“They awaited the word "forward"—awaited, too, with beating hearts and set teeth the gusts of lead and iron that were to smite them at their first movement in obedience to that word. The word was not given; the tempest did not break out.”

CEFR level