tempestuous
5 synonyms and 5 antonyms for tempestuous, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Adj — Like a storm, or, of a place, often hit by storms.
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1. adj
Like a storm, or, of a place, often hit by storms.
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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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