tempestuous

Meaning

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a tempest; also, of a place: frequently experiencing tempests; (very) stormy.
2. (figuratively) Characterized by disorderly, frenetic, or violent activity; stormy, tumultuous, turbulent; also, of a person, their behaviour or nature, etc.: characterized by bouts of bad temper or sudden changes of mood; impetuous, stormy, temperamental.

Opposite of

untempestuous

Synonyms

stormy

raging

furious

angry

😠

blustery

rough

squally

tumultuous

turbulent

wild

violent

rugged

squalling

squallish

blustering

tempest

thundering

thunderous

rought

tumultous

vehement

intense

hot

🥵

rebellion

revolt

riot

Translations

tempétueux

tempestuoso

tempestuoso

stormachtig

tempestuós

şiddetli

procellosus

tormentoso

furieux

ungestüm

tempestoso

violent

عاصف

stürmisch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɛmˈpɛs.tjʊ.əs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tempestious

Cognate with French: tempétueux

In summary

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 tempestās, tempestūs (“point or period of time; season; weather, specifically bad weather; storm, tempest”) (from tempus (“period of time; (rare) weather”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- (“to cut”) or *ten- (“to extend, stretch”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly; prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns). The English word is equivalent to tempest + -uous (a variant of -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting the presence of a quality, typically in abundance)).