tempestuous

5 antonyms for tempestuous — opposites grouped by meaning.

Adj — Like a storm, or, of a place, often hit by storms.

Synonyms by Meaning

1. adj

Like a storm, or, of a place, often hit by storms.

angry stormy furious raging wild

Opposites

temperate

2. adj

Full of wild, chaotic activity, or, of a person, prone to sudden bad moods and outbursts.

“After their tempestuous argument, they did not speak to each other for weeks.”

Opposites

composed serene calm peaceful

Antonyms

temperate composed serene calm peaceful

Etymology

From Late Middle English tempestious, tempestous, tempestuous (“stormy, turbulent, tempestuous”), from Anglo-Norman tempestous, and Old French tempesteus, tempestos, tempestous, tempestuose (modern French tempétueux), and directly from its etymon Latin tempestuōsus (“stormy, turbulent, tempestuous; impetuous”), from te...

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